Dr. Mark E. Phillips
University of North Texas
Library - Digital Libraries & External Relations
(940) 565-2415
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Education

PhD, University of North Texas, 2020.
Major: Information Science
Degree Specialization: Data Science
Dissertation Title: Exploring the Use of Metadata Record Graphs for Metadata Assessment
MS, University of North Texas, 2004.
Major: Library Science
BM, Oklahoma City University, 2002.
Major: Music Performance

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Librarian, University of North Texas. (2010 – Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
INFO 5960, Library and Information Sciences Institute or Seminar, 2 courses.
INFO 6880, Seminar in Information Science and Technology, 1 course.

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.
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2016). Case Study: Implementing an Open-Source and In-House Developed PREMIS Events and Agents System.. Digital Preservation Metadata for Practitioners: Implementing PREMIS. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-43763-7_17
Thomale, J. J., Hicks, W. L., Phillips, M. E. (2016). The Bento Box Design Pattern. Exploring Discovery: The Front Door to Your Library’s Licensed and Digitized Content.
Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E., Hoffman, S. (2016). Metadata Enhancement Through Name Authority in the UNT Digital Library. Dynamic Research Support in Academic Libraries. 133-147. London: Facet. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc854127/
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.
Cited Research
Phillips, M. E. (2021). Hurricane Ida Twitter Dataset. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1913080/
Phillips, M. E. (2020). Hurricane Laura Twitter Dataset. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1913077/
Phillips, M. E. (2019). Hurricane Dorian Twitter Dataset. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1706014/
Phillips, M. E. (2019). Notre Dame Cathedral Fire Dataset. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1477117/
Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M., Zavalina, O. L. (2019). Metadata Record Graphs for Six Collections from the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections. 67. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1532397/
Phillips, M. E. (2017). Hurricane Harvey Twitter Dataset. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993940/
Conference Proceeding
Phillips, M. E., Phillips, K. K., Alam, S. (2023). Content-Based Characterization of the End of Term Web Archive. 7. iPress 2023 Conference Proceedings. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121091
Phillips, M. E., Phillips, K. K., Alam, S. (2023). End of Term Web Archive Dataset: Longitudinal Web Archive of .GOV and .MIL Domains. 2023 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL). 98-101.
Gieringer, M. D., Phillips, M. E., Krahmer, A. J. (2023). Documenting Times of Difficulty and Crisis: University Case Study of Leveraging an App to Gather University Community Memories. The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations.
Phillips, M. E., Alam, S. (2022). Moving the End of Term Web Archive to the Cloud to Encourage Research Use and Reuse. 4. 2022 Web Archiving and Digital Libraries Virtual Workshop. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1998717/
Burke, M., Khular, S., Iqbal, J., Phillips, M. E. (2021). Enriching ethnographic metadata with the help of native speakers. 3. 7th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC). http://hdl.handle.net/10125/74477
Phillips, M. E., Burke, M., Tarver, H., Zavalina, O. L. (2021). Leveraging digital library infrastructure to build a language archive. 15-17. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Digital Language Archives: LangArc 2021. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1851182/
Tarver, H., Phillips, M. E. (2021). EPIC: A Proposed Model for Approaching Metadata Evaluation. 1355, 6. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1747971/
Patel, K., Caragea, C., Phillips, M. E. (2020). Dynamic Classification in Web Archiving Collections. 1459–1468. Marseille: European Language Resources Association. https://aclanthology.org/2020.lrec-1.182/
Patel, K., Caragea, C., Phillips, M. E., Fox, N. T. (2020). Identifying Documents In-Scope of a Collection from Web Archives. Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in 2020. 167–176. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3383583.3398540
Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M., Zavalina, O. L. (2019). Using Metadata Record Graphs to Understand Controlled Vocabulary and Keyword Usage for Subject Representation in the UNT Theses and Dissertations Collection. Other. Proceedings of the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Conference. 2019(1), 61-76. Associação Portuguesa de Biblioteconomia, Arquivística e Documentação. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1616586/
Phillips, M. E., Zavalina, O. L., Tarver, H. M. (2019). Using Metadata Record Graphs to Understand Digital Library Metadata. Other. 49-58. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1616551/
Phillips, M. E., Krahmer, A. J. (2019). Exploring Usage Data Across Multiple Collection Types. International Federation of Library Associations World Library Information Congress-News Media with Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2482
Chen, W., Chen, J., Erdmann, C., Owens, T., Jin, T., Phillips, M. E. (2018). Can Research Librarians make Contributions to Decision-making as Intelligence Analysts? The Prospects and Challenges. Proceedings of the 18th ACM/IEEE on Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. 317–318. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/10.1145/3197026.3205365
Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M. (2018). Experiments in Operationalizing Metadata Quality Interfaces: A Case Study at the University of North Texas. Other. 15-23. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248352/
Zavalina, O. L., Shakeri, S., Kizhakkethil, P., Phillips, M. E. (2018). Uncovering Hidden Insights for Information Management: Examination and Modeling of Change in Digital Collection Metadata. Proceedings of the iConference 2018. iSchools.
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2018). Metadata versus Full-Text: Tracking Users’ Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Seeking Behavior. 10766, pp 317-322. Switzerland: Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-78105-1_35
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E., Smith, L., Shimabuku, H. (2017). Big Data and Government Information. This text This text is part of the International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), 2017 Digital Proceedings. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062086/
Zavalina, O. L., Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M. (2017). Quality assurance and evaluation of change for patent metadata. Proceedings of the 80th Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting. Association for Information Science and Technology.
Chen, J., Phillips, M. E., (2017). Machine Learning for Name Type Classification in Library Metadata. 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology.
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2016). Indexing quality and effectiveness: An exploratory analysis of electronic theses and dissertations representation. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 53(1), . Hoboken: Association for Information Science and Technology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pra2.2016.14505301111
Tarver, H. M., Zavalina, O. L., Phillips, M. E. (2016). An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America. Other. 34-44. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc910346/
Tarver, H. M., Zavalina, O. L., Phillips, M. E. (2016). A Case Study of Metadata Creation in the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Collections. 12. International Federation of Library Associations. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849978/
Mumma, C., Phillips, M. E. (2016). Systems Interoperability and Collaborative Development for Web Archiving-Filling Gaps in the IMLS National Digital Platform. Texas Digital Library. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc848591/
Alemneh, D. G., Zavalina, O. L., Tarver, H. M., Zavalina, O. L., Phillips, M. E., Kizhakkethil, P. (2015). Knowledge Representation and Subject Access in Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Analysis of Creators’ and Users’ Assumptions and Expectations. International Council on Knowledge Management. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1803089/
Zavalina, O. L., Phillips, M. E., Kizhakkethil, P., Alemneh, D. G., Tarver, H. M. (2015). Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America. International Council on Knowledge Management. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1803090/
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E., Waugh, L., Tarver, H. M., Krahmer, A. J. (2015). A Peer-to-Peer Approach to Review Compliance with Trustworthy Repository Audit and Certification (TRAC). https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801988/
Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E., Zavalina, O. L., Kizhakkethil, P. (2015). An Exploratory Analysis of Subject Metadata in the Digital Public Library of America. 30-40. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725779/
Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E. (2015). Exploratory Analysis of Metadata Edit Events in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections. Other. 50-62. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725847/
Zavalina, O. L., Kizhakkethil, P., Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M. (2015). Building a Framework of Metadata Change to Support Knowledge Management. 14(1), 16. World Scientific Publishing Co.. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505014/
Krahmer, A. J., Phillips, M. E. (2014). Research from Many Angles: Evaluating Usage and Impact of Digital Newspapers in the Texas Digital Newspaper Program. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutes (IFLA) International Newspapers Conference, 2014, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Krahmer, A. J., Phillips, M. E. (2014). Texas Newspaper PDF Preservation: A Low-Cost Solution with Tremendous Value. IFLA WLIC 2014 - Lyon - Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge. 18. Lyon: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1033/
Tarver, H. M., Zavalina, O. L., Phillips, M. E., Alemneh, D. G., Shakeri, S. (2014). How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study. Other. 43-52. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc406345/
Waugh, L., Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E. (2014). Introducing Name Authority into an ETD Collection. Library Management. Proceedings of the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Conference. 35(4/5), 16. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279706/
Schultz, M., Phillips, M. E., Krabbenhoeft, Nick & Eisenhauer, Stephen, (2013). Chronicles in Preservation: Building Institutional Capacity in Digital Preservation. International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPres), 2013, Lisbon, Portugal.
Tarver, H. M., Waugh, L., Phillips, M. E., Hicks, W. L. (2013). Implementing Name Authority Control into Institutional Repositories: A Staged Approach. Open Repositories.
Phillips, M. E., Murray, K. (2013). Improving access to web archives through innovative analysis of PDF content. Archiving Conference. 2013(1), 186–192.
Krahmer, A. J., Phillips, M. E. (2013). Laying the Groundwork for Newspaper Preservation through Collaboration and Communication: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program. IFLA World Library and Information Congress: Newspapers Section & Genealogy and Local History Section.
Tarver, H. M., Waugh, L., Phillips, M. E., Hicks, W. L. (2013). Implementing Name Authority Control into Institutional Repositories: A Staged Approach. 4. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc172365/
Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E. (2013). Lessons Learned in Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in a Large Digital Library. Other. 60-70. Dublin Core Metadata Initiatie. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc174739/
Skinner, K., Schultz, M., Halbert, M. D., Phillips, M. E. (2012). Digital Preservation of Newspapers: Findings of the Chronicles in Preservation Project. International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects.
Murray, K., Ko, L., Phillips, M. E. (2011). Curation of the End-of-Term Web Archive. Archiving Conference. 2011(1), 71–76.
Phillips, M. E., Schultz, Matt & Nordstrom, Kurt, (2011). PREMIS Event Service. Open Repositories.
Phillips, M. E., Nordstrom, K. (2011). Transport Neutral Digital Object Replication. Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference.
Murray, K., Phillips, M. E. (2010). Open Source Components, Standards Conformance, and UCD: Building Blocks for Successfully Managing and Enhancing an Established Digital Archive. Archiving Conference. 2010(1), 70–75.
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2007). Enhancing the Quality of Metadata: Modular Approach to Digital Resource Lifecycle Management. Archiving Conference. 2007(1), 75–79.
Alemneh, D. G., Hartman, C. N., Phillips, M. E. (2005). The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal. Archiving Conference. 2005(1), 149–152.
Nordstrom, K., Hartman, C. N., Phillips, M. E. (2004). The University of North Texas libraries’ portal to Texas history: archival challenges and solutions. International Conference on Digital Libraries: Proceedings of the 4 th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries. 7(11), 409–409.
Journal Article
Burke, M., Zavalina, O. L., Chelliah, S. L., Phillips, M. E. (2022). User needs in language archives: Findings from interviews with language archive managers, depositors, and end-users.. Language Documentation and Conservation. 16, 24 pages. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/74669
Burke, M., Tarver, H., Phillips, M. E., Zavalina, O. (2022). Using existing metadata standards and tools for a digital language archive: a balancing act. The Electronic Library. 40(5), 579-. Emerald Insight.
Burke, M., Zavalina, O. L., Chelliah, S., Phillips, M. E. (2022). User needs in language archives: Findings from interviews with language archive managers, depositors, and end-users. Language Documentation and Conservation. 16, . University of Hawaii Press. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/74669
Burke, M., Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H., Zavalina, O. L. (2022). Using existing metadata standards and tools for a language archive: A balancing act. The Electronic Library. 40(5), 579-593. Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-02-2022-0028
Tarver, H., Phillips, M. E., Krahmer, A. J. (2022). EPIC: An Iterative Model for Metadata Improvement. Other. 15(4), 244-253. Inderscience. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1916232/
Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. (2021). Investigating the Use of Metadata Record Graphs to Analyze Subject Headings in the Digital Public Library of America. The Electronic Library. Proceedings of JCDL 2020 Workshop 4 “Organizing Big Data, Information, and Knowledge”. 39(3), .
Burke, M., Zavalina, O. L., Phillips, M. E., Chelliah, S. (2021). Organization of knowledge and information in digital archives of language materials. Journal of Library Metadata. Taylor & Francis.
Johnson-Freeman, W. R., Phillips, M. E., Phillips, K. K. (2021). Managing an institutional repository workflow with GitLab and a folder-based deposit system. Code4Lib Journal. (50), 9. Code4Lib. https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/15650
Phillips, M. E., Zavalina, O. L., Tarver, H. M. (2020). Exploring the utility of metadata record graphs and network analysis for metadata quality evaluation and augmentation. Other. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1616614/
Phillips, M. E., Andrews, P., Krahmer, A. J. (2019). Understanding Connections: Examining Digital Library and Institutional Repository Use Overlap. Other. 7(2), 10. Basel: MDPI. http://www.mdpi.com
Phillips, M. E., Phillips, K. K. (2018). End of Term 2016 Presidential Web Archive. Against the Grain. 29(6), 27-30. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1114874/
McIntosh, M. C., Mangum, M. J., Phillips, M. E. (2017). A Model for Surfacing Hidden Collections: The Rescuing Texas History Mini-Grant Program at the University of North Texas. 2(2), 21. Buffalo, NY: The Reading Room: A Journal of Special Collections. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc987474/
Krahmer, A. J., Phillips, M. E. (2016). Communicating Organizational Commitment to Long-Term Sustainability through a Trusted Digital Repository Self-Audit.
Belden, D. L., Phillips, M. E., Carlisle, T., Hartman, C. N. (2016). The Portal to Texas History: Building. Other. 182. IGI Global.
Zavalina, O. L., Alemneh, D. G., Kizhakkethil, P., Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M. (2015). Extended date/time format (EDTF) in the digital public library of America’s metadata: Exploratory analysis. Other. 52(1), 1–5.
Tarver, H. M., Waugh, L., Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2015). Managing Serials in a Large Digital Library: Case Study of the UNT Libraries Digital Collections. Other. 68(1-4), 353–360. Routledge. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc406384/
Krahmer, A. J., Phillips, M. E., Larson, R. (2015). Two states provide models for newspaper preservation. Newspaper Research Journal. 36(3), 328–336. SAGE Publications.
Phillips, M. E., Alemneh, D. G., Reyes Ayala, B. (2014). Analysis of URL references in ETDs: a case study at the University of North Texas. Other. 35(4/5), 293–307. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E., Kleister, J. (2014). Pushing the Boundaries of Open Access.
Phillips, M. E., Ko, L. (2014). Understanding Repository Growth at the University of North Texas: A Case Study. Other.
Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M. (2014). Enhancing Descriptive Metadata Records with Freely-Available APIs. Other. (24), 14. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc284576/
Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M., Frakes, S. (2014). Implementing a Collaborative Workflow for Metadata Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Mapping. Other. (23), 9. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc284577/
Phillips, M. E., Alemneh, D. G., Reyes Ayala, B. (2013). Analysis of URL References in ETDs: A Case Study at the University of North Texas [Presentation].
Schultz, M., Phillips, M. E., Eisenhauer, S., Krabbenhoeft, N. (2013). Building Institutional Capacity in Digital Preservation.
Alemneh, D. G., Jones, J., Hartman, C. N., Phillips, M. E., Hodges, A., Kadri, C. (2013). Mapping the Southwest Project: Putting the Region’s Maps Online.
Phillips, M. E. (2013). Metadata Analysis at the Command-Line. Other. (19), .
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.
Phillips, M. E., Weng, N., Thomale, J. J., Hicks, W. L. (2013). Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries: Phase Two Action Plan.
Phillips, M. E., Hicks, W. L. (2013). Understanding large digital collections and learning new tools: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program Visualizations.
Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E. (2013). Integrating Image-Based Research Datasets into an Existing Digital Repository Infrastructure. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly. 51(1-3), 238-250. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc146603/
Hall, N., Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2012). Repurposing existing digital resources and smoothing interdisciplinary communication: Environmental policy collection development. Other. 49(1), 1–3. Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company.
Sanderson, R., Phillips, M. E., Van de Sompel, H. (2011). Analyzing the persistence of referenced web resources with memento. Other.
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2011). Assessing the usage of electronic theses and dissertations: an overview of ETD statistics and metrics in the UNT libraries.
Phillips, M. E., Alemneh, D. G. (2011). Data desiccation: facilitating long-term access, use, and reuse of ETDs.
Minor, D., Phillips, M. E., Schultz, M. (2010). Chronopolis and MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation.
Hall, N., Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2010). Digital Collection Development Policy: From Documenting Content to Documenting Process. University of North Texas Libraries.
Murray, K. R., Phillips, M. E. (2007). Collaborations, Best Practices, and Collection Development for Born-Digital and Digitized Materials.
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.
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.
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.
Poster
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E., Waugh, L., Tarver, H. M., Krahmer, A. J. (2015). A Peer-to-Peer Approach to Review Compliance with Trustworthy Repository Audit and Certification (TRAC). International Conference on Knowledge Management. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801979/
Waugh, L., Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E., Alemneh, D. G., Krahmer, A. J. (2015). A Collaborative Approach to the Trusted Repository Audit Checklist. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699807/
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. Retrospective Digitization of Theses and Dissertations: Revisiting Issues and Considerations.
Research Report
Alemneh, D. G., Phillips, M. E. (2015). Understanding User Discovery of ETD: Metadata or Full-Text, How Did They Get There?. Austin, Texas:. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725793/
Phillips, M. E., Weng, N., Thomale, J. J., Hicks, W. L. (2013). Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries: Phase Two Action Plan. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181662
Phillips, M. E., Weng, N., Thomale, J. J., Hicks, W. L. (2011). Resource Discovery Systems at the UNT Libraries. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc77122
White Paper
Fox, N. T., Phillips, M. E., Tarver, H. M. (2020). Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents’ from Web Archives: Identifying Document Characteristics from Content Selector Interviews. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1757659/
Fox, N. T., Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E. (2019). Identifying Gaps in Tools and Interfaces for Assessing Metadata Quality. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1453742/
Waugh, L., Tarver, H. M., Phillips, M. E., Alemneh, D. G. (2015). Comparison of Full-text Versus Metadata Searching in an Institutional Repository: Case Study of the UNT Scholarly Works. 4. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc725823/
Reyes Ayala, B., Phillips, M. E., Ko, L. (2014). Current quality assurance practices in web archiving. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc333026/

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Krahmer, A. J. (Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), RootsTech 2022, Texas Connection @ RootsTech, Family Search, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. (2022 – ).

Krahmer, A. J. (Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), RootsTech 2021, Texas Connect 2021, Family Search, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. (2021 – ).

Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), Tarver, H. (Presenter), Metadata Mixers, Developing a Metadata Ecosystem at the UNT Libraries, Drexel University, United States of America. (2020).

Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), U.S.-Ethiopian Universities Innovative Partnerships Program, Sponsored by US Embassy in Ethiopia, Digital Repository: Promoting Scholarship via the convergence of (local/global and digital/analogue) contents, Jimma University and US Embassy in Ethiopia, Jimma, Ethiopia, Ethiopia. (2015 – 2015).

Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Web-Archiving: Collecting and Preserving Important Web-based National Resources, National Archives and Library of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia. (2015 – 2015).

Oral Presentation

Hicks, W. L. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author), Open Repositories 2019, Building Interfaces for All the Users, Hamgurg, Germany, Germany. (2019).

Hicks, W. L. (Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), 2017 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Lessons Learned in Creating New Digital Library Interfaces, Texas Digital Library, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2017).

Sittel, N. R. (Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), Ko, L. (Presenter), NARA National Assembly Meeting, National Archives and Records Administration, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Panel Presentation

Alemneh, D. G. (Moderator), Zavalina, O. L. (Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), Baker, R. M. (Presenter), Palmer, A. M. (Presenter), UNT College of Information Multidisciplinary Research Symposium 2019, Promoting Partnership and Interdisciplinarity for LIS Education, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Andrews, P. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author), Krahmer, A. J. (Author), 13th Annual International Conference on Open Repositories, Understanding Connections: Examining Digital Library and Institutional Repository Use Oerlap, Open Repositories, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Krahmer, A. J. (Author & Presenter), Dodging the Memory Hole 2017, Born-Digital Newspaper Collections: Processing and Analyzing, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Internet Archive, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Paper

Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Burke, M. (Author), Tarver, H. (Author & Presenter), Zavalina, O. L. (Author), 1st International Workshop on Digital Language Archives LangArc 2021, Leveraging Digital Library Infrastructure to Build a Language Archive, ACM/IEEE, United States of America. (2021).

Poster

Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Phillips, M. E. (Author), 2016 Annual Meeting of The Association for Information Science and Technology. (ASIS&T-2016), Indexing Quality and Effectiveness: An Exploratory Analysis of Electronic Theses and Dissertations Representation, The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)., Copenhagen, Denmark., Denmark. (2016 – 2016).

Waugh, L. (Author & Presenter), Tarver, H. M. (Author), Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Krahmer, A. J. (Author), CTLC Annual Conference, A Collaborative Approach to the Trusted Repository Audit Checklist [poster], Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Commerce, Texas, United States of America. (2015).

Professional Meeting Contribution

Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Krahmer, A. J. (Author), 2019 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Texas Borderlands Newspaper Collection: Newspaper Preservation and Access, One Page at a Time, Texas Digital Library, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Project

Tarver, H. M. (Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Experiments with Metadata Quality Interfaces, Texas Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2018).

Tarver, H. M. (Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), Innovating with Metadata Conference, New Interfaces for Metadata Quality Improvement in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections, Amigos, United States of America. (2017).

Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), Tarver, H. M. (Presenter), Practicing Digital Asset Management: Present and Future, Tools and Workflows for Managing Metadata at the UNT Libraries, Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management, United States of America. (2017).

Tarver, H. M. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author), International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Identifier Usage and Maintenance in the UNT Libraries' Digital Collections, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, Copenhagen, Denmark. (2016).

Hicks, W. L. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Understanding large digital collections and learning new tools: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program Visualizations, United States of America. (2013 – 2013).

Scholarly Meeting Contribution

Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author), iConference 2018, Metadata versus Full-Text: Tracking Users’ Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Seeking Behavior, iConference, Sheffield, UK, United Kingdom. (2018 – 2018).

Webinar

Kellum, C. (Moderator), Earles, P. (Panelist), Ossom-Williamson, P. (Panelist), Phillips, M. E. (Panelist), Vardeman, K. (Panelist), 2021 Texas Digital Library Leadership Academy Free Webinar Series, Leading Remotely, Texas Digital Library, Online, United States of America. (2021).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract
Phillips, M. E. (Principal), Johnson-Freeman, W. R. (Co-Principal), "Chronicles of Oklahoma on the Gateway Project," Sponsored by Oklahoma Historical Society, State, $35000 Funded. (2000 – Present).
Grant - Research
Xie, Z. (Co-Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), Ryan, S. E. (Co-Principal), Wittenberg, J. (Co-Principal), "Joint Professional Development Institute To Cultivate Collaborative Library Scholars," Sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $499966 Funded. (July 27, 2023 – Present).
Phillips, M. E. (Principal), Caragea, C. (Co-Principal), "Leveraging Existing Bibliographic Metadata to Improve Automatic Document Identification in Web Archives," Sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $385769 Funded. (August 1, 2022 – July 31, 2024).
Phillips, M. E. (Principal), Caragea, C. (Co-Principal), "Programmatic Extraction of "Documents" from Web Archives," Sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, National, $318988 Funded. (December 1, 2017 – November 30, 2020).
Zavalina, O. L. (Principal), Chelliah, S. L. (Co-Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Exploring Methods and Techniques for Facilitating Access to Digital Language Archives," Sponsored by Institute for Museum and Library Services, Federal, $50000 Funded. (December 1, 2018 – September 1, 2020).
Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Co-Principal), "National Digital Newspaper Program," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $198962 Funded. (September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2020).
Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Co-Principal), "TexTreasures: Texas Borderlands Newspapers III," Sponsored by Texas State Libraries and Archives Commission, State, $24777.00 Funded. (September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019).
Krahmer, A. J., Phillips, M. E., Mangum, M. J. (Supporting), "Textreasures Impact Grant," Sponsored by Texas State Libraries and Archives Commission, State, $6499.00 Funded. (September 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018).
Phillips, M. E., Krahmer, A. J., "TexTreasures: Texas Borderlands Newspapers II," Sponsored by Texas State Libraries and Archives Commission, State, $24777 Funded. (September 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018).
Phillips, M. E. (Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Supporting), "National Digital Newspaper Program: Texas," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $199907.00 Funded. (September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2018).
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).
Hartman, C. N. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Supporting), "National Digital Newspaper Program: New Mexico," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $209948 Funded. (September 1, 2014 – August 31, 2016).
Alemneh, D. G. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), "Expanding UNT's Digital Libraries Reach to Africa: Facilitating Collaboration Between Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) and UNT via Digital Projects," Sponsored by The Green Light to Greatness (GLTG) award, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2014 – 2015).
Hartman, C. N. (Co-Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Supporting), "National Digital Newspaper Program: Oklahoma," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $227005.00 Funded. (September 1, 2013 – August 31, 2015).
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), 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).
Moen, W. E. (Co-Principal), Kim, J. (Co-Principal), Halbert, M. D. (Co-Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Supporting), Phillips, M. E. (Supporting), Whitworth, C. (Supporting), Warga, E. (Supporting), Helsing, J. (Supporting), "Information: Curate, Archive, Manage, and Preserve (iCAMP)," Sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, Funded. (September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2014).
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. (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), 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. (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).
Grant - Service
Phillips, M. E. (Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Co-Principal), "Lone Star Ink: Texas NDNP 2023," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $203140 Funded. (August 1, 2023 – August 31, 2025).
Phillips, M. E. (Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Co-Principal), "TexTreasures: Filling the Gaps in the Houston Story: Jewish Herald Voice, Houston Informer, and Houston Labor Union Newspaper Digitization Project," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $39997 Funded. (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024).
Phillips, M. E. (Principal), Krahmer, A. J. (Co-Principal), "TexTreasures: Jewish Herald-Voice," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $25000 Funded. (September 1, 2022 – July 31, 2023).
Grant - Teaching
Zavalina, O. L. (Principal), Phillips, M. E. (Co-Principal), Chelliah, S. L. (Co-Principal), "Community Memory and Language: Archiving and Curation Training," Sponsored by Institute for Museum and Library Services, Federal, $249982 Funded. (August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2025).