Dreanna L. Belden
University of North Texas
Library - ER - External Relations
(940) 369-8740
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Education

MS, Univ. of North Texas, 2003.
Major: Library Science
BS, University of the State of New York, 1993.
Major: Business

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Asst. Dean for External Partnerships, UNT. (January 1, 2023 – Present).

Professional Memberships

Honor Society. (Present).

Association for Documentary Editing. (2019 – Present).

American Alliance of Museums. (February 2016 – Present).

Past-President, Texas Association of Museums. (2005 – Present).

Society of Southwest Archivists. (2004 – Present).

American Library Association. (2002 – Present).

Various positions, Texas Library Association. (2002 – Present).

Awards and Honors

Tall Texans, Texas Library Association. (2014 – Present).

Emerging Leaders, American Library Association. (2007 – 2007).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Belden, D. L., Phillips, M. E., Carlisle, T., Hartman, C. N. (2016). The Portal to Texas History: Building. Other. 182. IGI Global.
Murray, K., Phillips, M. E., Hicks, W. L., Weng, N., Belden, D. L. (2013). Reengineering The Portal to Texas History: A Case Study. Recent Developments in the Design, Construction, and Evaluation of Digital Libraries: Case Studies. 18-46. IGI Global.
Journal Article
Belden, D. L. (2021). The Portal to Texas History: Making Connections with Digital Newspapers. Stirpes. 60(2), 4. Austin, TX:.
Belden, D. L. (2019). Three Questions to Engage your Donors, Stakeholders, and Community. Texas Library Journal. 95(1), 2. Austin, Texas: Texas Library Association. https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Spring_2019_TLJ-FINAL.pdf
Belden, D. L. (2018). When Your Last Name is Smith: Getting Out of the Rough and Onto the Green. Stirpes. 57(3), 6. Houston, Texas: Texas State Genealogical Society. https://www.txsgs.org/tag/stirpes
Belden, D. L. (2018). Reading their Faces: Photographs in UNT Libraries Special Collections and The Portal to Texas History. Stirpes. 57(1), 5. Houston, Texas: Texas State Genealogical Society. https://www.txsgs.org/tag/stirpes
Belden, D. L. (2017). Discovering Who’s between the Dashes with The Portal to Texas History. Stirpes. 56(4), 3. Houston, Texas: Texas State Genealogical Society. https://www.txsgs.org/tag/stirpes/
Belden, D. L., Phillips, M. E., Carlisle, T., Hartman, C. N. (2016). The Portal to Texas History: Building. Other. 182. IGI Global.
Murray, K., Phillips, M. E., Hicks, W. L., Weng, N., Belden, D. L. (2013). Reengineering The Portal to Texas History: A Case Study. Other. 18. IGI Global.
Belden, D. L. (2012). "Measuring the Impact of Preserving Digital Assets." Archiving 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2012, Volume 8..
Belden, D. L. (2010). "Applying User-Centered Design Principles to Redesign the Interface to the Portal to Texas History: The IOGENE Project,", Archiving 2010, Den Haag, the Netherlands, May 2010, Volume 7..
Belden, D. L. (2008). "Harnessing Social Networks to Connect with Audiences: If You Build it Will They Come 2.0?" Internet Reference Services Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1 (2008) p. 99-111..
Belden, D. L. (2007). "Finding Texas Heritage Online: The Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative," InterFace, Vol. 29, No. 4, (Winter 2007) pp. 6..
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E., Belden, D. L. (2007). Integrating controlled vocabularies into cultural heritage digital collections: The Portal to Texas History experience. Other. 44(1), 1–5. Wiley Online Library.
Middleton, K., Hartman, C. N., Belden, D. L., Reis, N. K., Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E., Dunlop, D. (2005). Development of a portal to Texas history. Other. 23(2), 151–163. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Hartman, C. N., Belden, D. L., Reis, N. K., Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E., Dunlop, D. (2005). Development of a Portal to Texas History. Other. 23(2), 151–163. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Educational Service Center 17 Educators Workshop, The Portal to Texas History, Educational Service Center 17, Lubbock, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Educational Service Center 17 Educators Workshop, Texas History for Teachers, Educational Service Center 17 Educators Workshop, Lubbock, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Keynote/Plenary Address

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Consortium Annual Meeting, Accessibility for All: Open Educational Resources for History, Cross Timbers Library Consortium, Online, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Conservation Saavy, Adventures in Digital Preservation (and how not to lose your way), McFaddin Ward House, Beaumont, Texas, United States of America. (2013).

Oral Presentation

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Ferguson, C. (Presenter), Texas Association of Museums Annual Conference, Interpreting LGBT History in Two Texas Communities, Texas Association of Museums, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Texas Czech Genealogical Association Annual Meeting, Genealogy Research in The Portal to Texas History, Texas Czech Genealogical Association, Caldwell, Texas, United States of America. (2013).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), TxSGS Family History Conference, The Portal to Texas History for Genealogists, Texas State Genealogical Society, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2012).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), American Library Association Annual Conference, From Projects to Production: Scaling it Up, American Library Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. (2011).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting, Grant Funding for Library, Archives and Museum Projects, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America. (2011).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), American Library Association Mid-winter meeting, Fundraising and Collaboration with the Portal to Texas, American Library Association, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. (2010).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), American Library Association Annual Meeting, Breaking Down the Costs - What are your Digitization Projects Really Costing?, American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. (2009).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting, Minimal Processing for Paper and Pixels, Society of Southwest Archivists, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America. (2009).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), The Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, A Cost-Benefit Approach for Describing and Processing Digital Objects, The Society of American Archivists, San Francisco, California, United States of America. (2008).

Panel Presentation

Belden, D. L. (Moderator), Garcia, G. (Panelist), Bangor, A. (Panelist), Aranda-Narano, B. (Panelist), Salcido, R. (Panelist), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Engaging Diverse Users: Insights from the Experts, Texas Library Association, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Belden, D. L. (Moderator), Fong, B. (Presenter), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Transforming Your Gen X-ers into Gen Donors, Texas Library Association, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Murray, K. (Presenter), TxSGS Family History Conference, Rediscover the Portal to Texas History, Texas State Genealogical Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2016).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Successful Signature Events at Your Library, Texas Library Association, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Texas Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Digital Long-Term Access of Collections: Theory and Practice, Texas Association of Museums, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Lobley, N. (Presenter), Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin, A. Y. (Presenter), Briggs, A. (Presenter), Chernyavaska, M. (Presenter), Cultural Heritage Archives Symposium: Networks, Innovation & Collaboration, Where do Users Find Value?, Library of Congress, Washington DC, United States of America. (2013).

Belden, D. L. (Panelist), Tarver, H. M. (Panelist), ALA Annual Conference, Metadata Tools and Workflows at the University of North Texas, American Library Association/LITA, Washington D.C., United States of America. (2010).

Belden, D. L. (Moderator), Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting, Extra, Extra! Historic Newspapers Online at Chronicling America, Society of Southwest Archivists, Sante Fe, New Mexico, United States of America. (2010).

Belden, D. L. (Panelist), Texas Library Association Annual Meeting, The Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative, Texas Library Association, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2005 – 2005).

Paper

Belden, D. L. (Author & Presenter), Murray, K. (Author), Archiving 2012, Measuring the Impact of Preserving Digital Assets, IS&T Archiving Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark. (2012).

Webinar

Belden, D. L. (Presenter), Texas Historical Commission Webinar, Sealing the Deal: Making a Compelling Case for Funding with Private Foundations, Texas Historical Commission, online, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Challenge Grant for the Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $500000 Funded. (January 1, 2016 – July 31, 2019).
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by The Summerlee Foundation, Private, $40000 Funded. (March 2017 – February 2019).
Belden, D. L., "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by Union Pacific Foundation, Other, $5000 Funded. (January 2017 – December 2018).
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by H.L. Brown Jr. Family Foundation, Private, $25000 Funded. (April 2017 – April 2018).
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by Dodge Jones Foundation, Private, $15000 Funded. (March 2017 – February 2018).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (March 2017 – February 2018).
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation, Private, $25000 Funded. (October 2016 – September 2017).
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by Dodge Jones Foundation, Private, $25000 Funded. (September 2016 – August 2017).
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by Summerlee Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (June 2016 – July 2017).
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Support for the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment," Sponsored by George Foundation, Private, $15000 Funded. (July 2016 – May 2017).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Gieringer, M. D. (Principal), Parks, S. E. (Co-Principal), "Digitizing the KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection," Sponsored by Anonymous foundation, Private, $100000 Funded. (April 2015 – April 2017).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Gieringer, M. D. (Principal), Parks, S. E. (Co-Principal), "Digitizing of the NBC 5/KXAS (formerly WBAP) Television News Collection," Sponsored by Amon Carter Foundation, Private, $150000 Funded. (April 2015 – March 2017).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Phillips, M. E. (Principal), "Digitizing the Texas Jewish Post, 1947-1965," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $24663 Funded. (September 1, 2015 – August 31, 2016).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Phillips, M. E. (Principal), "Let it Be Heard: the Dallas Voice Online," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $19915 Funded. (September 1, 2014 – August 1, 2015).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "Fifty Years Later: the John F. Kennedy Assassination," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $21945 Funded. (September 1, 2013 – August 31, 2014).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Phillips, M. E. (Principal), "Texas Recorded Historic Landmarks," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $25000 Funded. (September 1, 2013 – August 31, 2014).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "Early Texas Newspapers III: the Final Chapter," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $17135 Funded. (September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2012).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "New Mexico Digital Newspaper Project," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $233045 Funded. (August 8, 2010 – July 7, 2012).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Mapping the Southwest," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $347945 Funded. (May 1, 2010 – April 30, 2012).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Texas Cultures Online," Sponsored by Amon Carter Foundation, Private, $100000 Funded. (2010 – 2011).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Long Star Ink: the Texas Digital Newspaper Program," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $399790 Funded. (2009 – 2011).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives.," Sponsored by National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Federal, $30509 Funded. (January 1, 2011 – December 30, 2011).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "Early Texas Newspapers II," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $25000 Funded. (September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Classification of Government Websites in the End-of-Term Archive: Extending Depository Libraries' Collection Development Practices," Sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $631720 Funded. (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2011).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Digitizing Oklahoma Newspapers," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $236024 Funded. (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2011).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Rescuing Texas History 2008," Sponsored by Summerlee Foundation, Private, $15000 Funded. (2008 – 2009).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Supporting), "Optimizing the User Experience in an Architecture for Rapid Development," Sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $448548 Funded. (December 1, 2007 – November 30, 2009).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "Digitizing the Bartlett Tribune," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $60403 Funded. (September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "Early Texas Newspapers: 1829-1861," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $24302 Funded. (September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "Lone Star Ink: the Texas Digital Newspaper Program," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $397552 Funded. (September 1, 2007 – August 31, 2009).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Adopt a Book Digitally program," Sponsored by Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (2007 – 2008).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Digitizing history from the Heritage House Museum, Orange," Sponsored by Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Private, $2800 Funded. (2007 – 2008).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures," Sponsored by Adeline and George McQueen Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (2007 – 2008).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth’s Historic Treasures," Sponsored by Amon Carter Foundation, Private, $25000 Funded. (2007 – 2008).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History," Sponsored by Forrest C. Lattner Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Rescuing Texas History through the Digitization of At-risk Photographs and Maps II," Sponsored by Summerlee Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (January 2007 – December 2007).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "My Texas History Notebook: Interactive lesson plans for Texas History," Sponsored by Humanities Texas, State, $7200 Funded. (May 1, 2006 – April 30, 2007).
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Rescuing Texas History 2006," Sponsored by Summerlee Foundation, Private, $7500 Funded. (January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2006).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "Deaf Smith County: Frontier Communities of the Llano Estacado," Sponsored by Texas Humanities, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006).
Belden, D. L. (Supporting), Hartman, C. N. (Principal), "Lorenzo de Zavala Online: Empresario, Statesman and Texas Revolutionary," Sponsored by Humanities Texas, State, $10000 Funded. (July 2004 – June 2005).
Belden, D. L. (Principal), "Project Development for the Portal to Texas History," Sponsored by Summerlee Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. (June 2004 – May 2005).
Grant - Service
Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), Torget, A. (Co-Principal), "Texas History for Teachers (TX4T): Accessibility for All," Sponsored by Humanities Texas, Federal, $30000 Funded. (January 1, 2024 – October 31, 2024).
Torget, A. J. (Co-Principal), Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), "Burdine Johnson Foundation Grant for Texas History for Teachers," Sponsored by The Burdine Johnson Foundation, Local, $50000 Funded. (2023 – 2023).
Torget, A. J. (Co-Principal), Belden, D. L. (Co-Principal), "Barbara Jordan Freedom Foundation grant to Texas History for Teachers Project," Sponsored by The Barbara Jordan Freedom Foundation, Local, $7500 Funded. (2022 – 2023).

Awards and Honors

Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents, Association for Documentary Editing. (2019 – Present).

Service

Professional Service

Committee Member, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, TexShare Taskforce for K-12 Public Schools, Austin, TX. (August 2013 – Present).

Officer, President/Elect/Past, Texas Association of Museums, Texas. (2015 – 2019).

Board of Directors, Texas Association of Museums, Fort Worth, Texas. (2011 – 2019).

Officer, Vice President, Texas Association of Museums, Texas. (2013 – 2015).

Chairperson, Texas State Library and Archives Commission's Advisory Board for IMLS grant, "Train to Share", Austin, Texas. (September 2008 – August 2011).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Washington DC. (February 2009 – May 2009).

Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Texas Education Agency, Austin, Texas. (April 2007 – May 2007).

Public Service

Board Member, The Dallas Way, Dallas, TX. (December 1, 2022 – December 31, 2025).

Board Member, Collaborative for Children, Houston, TX. (September 2018 – August 2025).

Board Member, KERA/KXT Community Advisory Board, Dallas, Texas. (April 2014 – April 2020).