@vphill

Associate University Librarian for Digital Libraries at the University of North Texas @vphill@digipres.club

 Denton, Texas
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Please join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Portal to Texas History. From humble beginnings, we've taken the lead in providing extraordinary access to Texas history with our collaborative partners from across the state. August 22 | 3:30 PM | UNT Union Jade Ballroom
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UNT Libraries releases the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Collection Here is a news post about the collection. library.unt.edu/news/2023/06… Here is a direct link to the collection. digital.library.unt.edu/expl…
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👋 History buffs, we need you! Help us make the 2024 End of Term crawl our most comprehensive yet. Nominate your favorite .gov sites as an individual or part of a team! Learn more ⤵️ #EOTArchive blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/…

End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation - Internet Archive Blogs

The 2024 End of Term crawl has officially begun! Now is the time for individuals and institutions to nominate government URLs for inclusion into the End Of Term Web Archive.

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🌐 Ever wonder what happens to .gov websites before & after presidential elections? We archive them! Help the @eotarchive team preserve US government info by nominating sites today 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/… #EOTArchive
Screenshots of whitehouse.gov from Presidents Bush, Obama, Trump & Biden.

ALT Screenshots of whitehouse.gov from Presidents Bush, Obama, Trump & Biden.

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Looks like the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections passed the 4 million records mark today. That's a bunch of metadata!
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Me: Reference extraction from ETDs shouldn't be _that_ hard should it? Students: "Hold my beer".
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Rule #521: If you define an element in your metadata scheme, someone is going to use it in an unexpected way.
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Evening rehearsal with the Fort Smith Symphony. Basses don’t always get tacet movements so it is worth giving the orchestra a listen from the hall for a change.
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A shot from this past summer when we were driving across Nevada on our way back to Texas - August 2023 Horseman sw612 Rodenstock Apo-Grandagon 55mm f4.5 Ilford Delta 400 #sw612
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This #WebArchiveWednesday, register for #iipcWAC24: netpreserve.org/ga2024/regis… 🟣 24-26 April, Paris 🟣 Hosted by @laBnF | @DLwebBnF in partnership with @Ina_audiovisuel | @inadlweb 🟣 Schedule: netpreserve.org/ga2024/progr… #iipc20Years | #webarchiving | #webarchives
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Dry lakebed from Grizzly Campground in Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southern Oregon - August 2023 Horseman sw612 Rodenstock Apo-Grandagon 55mm f4.5 Ilford Delta 400 #sw612
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Who remembers when our local H-E-B occupied the 300 block of West Ennis Ave? This photo from the June 22, 1972 edition of "The Weekly Local" was recently uploaded to The Portal to Texas History
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Interested in funding to conduct research with collections from The Portal to Texas History or the UNT Digital Library? We have research fellowships available that provide funding for research, scholarship, and creative projects. Proposals are due Feb 15. library.unt.edu/research-fel…
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Spending some time editing names for technical reports in the UNT Digital Library this weekend.
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Adding some 8x10 slide film to my website. Probably won't be shooting more of that anytime soon.
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Spending the (freezing cold) day trying to find and verify (with Lat/Long) place names that are used in The Portal to Texas History. Some are easier than others.
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We would like to share with you news of the 2024 Dallas Civil Rights History Symposium to be held Saturday, January 13th from 10 am - 4 pm, at the African American Museum of Dallas. To learn more visit the Eventbrite webpage. eventbrite.com/e/2024-dallas…

2024 Dallas Civil Rights History Symposium, presented by Texas Capital

Join us to explore the local legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and Juanita J. Craft, at Fair Park and in the South Dallas community

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Interested in funding to conduct research with collections from The Portal to Texas History or the UNT Digital Library? We have research fellowships available that provide funding for research, scholarship, and creative projects. Proposals due Feb 15th - library.unt.edu/research-fel…
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We've been tracking mentions of an "unknown monster" in digitized newspapers on the Portal to Texas History published over 100 years ago. Are there too many for this to be a coincidence? We invite you to research our newspaper collections to find out! bit.ly/47QQaa7
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Thanks to @tslac we scanned 142 issues of the Alpine Avalanche from 1900-1911, which are now publically available on the Portal to Texas History: bit.ly/41cheOO
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