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University of Chicago Digital Scholarship Profile

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Name(s) of programs (e.g. Scholars’ Lab) and URL(s) associated with your DS program:

Center for Digital Scholarship https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/research/scholar/

If you have a mission statement or similar description of your program, please include it here:

The Center for Digital Scholarship supports programs for scholarly communications, research data, and digital projects by collaborating across campus units to enable and amplify researchers’ impact. The Center:

  • Provides and coordinates sustainable access to data and infrastructure to conduct, preserve, and disseminate research.
  • Leads scholarly communications and data management initiatives, and partners to enable researchers to exemplify the best practices of their fields.
  • Serves as a dedicated space for deep scholarly engagement with digital methods for research and teaching.
Consultation
  • Digital technologies and tools = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Project planning = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Project management = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Building databases and archives = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Class projects/assignments = Offered by Library, Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Copyright, intellectual property = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Data management plans = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Metadata = Offered by Library, Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Locating and selecting data sources = Offered by Library
  • Researchers’ grant writing = Offered by Library, Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Digital publishing and dissemination = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Digital preservation/curation = Offered by Library
Education/Training
  • Workshops/bootcamps on tools/software = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Course-related sessions related to digital projects = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Credit courses on digital scholarship topics = Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Certificate programs in digital scholarship or related topic = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Symposia = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Events, e.g. GIS Day = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
Facilities
  • Training/classroom space = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Consultation space = Offered by Library
  • Collaborative project space = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Computer/data lab = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Media production studio = Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Visualization studio = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Makerspace = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • VR/AR studio = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • AI lab = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Data science lab = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Digitization = Offered by Library
Infrastructure/Enterprise Servies
  • Digital preservation = Offered by Library
  • Large-scale data storage = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Digital publishing services = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Repositories = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Programming, writing APIs = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Computational processing of data = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Data recovery/migration = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Software licensing = Offered by Library, Offered by Library + Partner(s), Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Virtual computing = Offered by other campus unit(s)
  • Security = Offered by other campus unit(s)
What would you like to offer next?

Our Center is new and we’re growing in several areas, including: expanded research data management and sharing services, including a campus-wide coordination of services; services that support faculty and student use of a newly conceived digital humanities infrastructure on campus; an outreach program on library open access strategies; and a vision for how the Center can partner with the broader community to enable new projects.

What type of staff are employed by your program?  
  • Librarians, archivists, library staff
  • Graduate students
What constituencies are served by your program? 
  • Faculty
  • Postdocs
  • Graduate students
  • Undergraduate students
  • Community members
  • Individuals external to the university and local community
What disciplines are served by your program?  
  • Humanities
  • Arts
  • Social sciences
  • STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)
  • Professional (health sciences, law, business, etc.)
Please provide pointers to additional materials that may be helpful in understanding the structure and work of your program.

News post on launching the Center: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/launching-a-center-for-digital-scholarship-at-the-library/

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Last updated:  Thursday, March 30th, 2023

 

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