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Digital Scholarship Centre

    Spaces and Workshops in the Digital Scholarship Centre

    by Guest Author February 22, 2023
    written by Guest Author
    In the fall of 2019, just before the pandemic disruptions began, the library opened a new area on the 2nd floor of Cameron Library called the Digital Scholarship Centre (DSC). The mission of the DSC is to advance research and learning using technology. The DSC is an official research centre and supports the University community by providing expertise, tools and space for the use of technology.  After working on an appointment basis during pandemic closures, the DSC has once again fully opened. To celebrate, we asked our DSC student assistants to write a few posts featuring the DSC and its services.

    By Sean Lis
    Sean is a student assistant at the Digital Scholarship Centre and a graduate student in the Digital Humanities.


    If you’ve ever been on Cameron Library’s second floor, you’ll have doubtlessly encountered the glowing sign and glass walls of the Digital Scholarship Centre (DSC). If the doors are open, come take a look and maybe chat with staff; take it from me, the DSC is the place to be! Whether you need a quiet place to study, a place to synergize your research collaborations, or are simply looking to expand your tech literacy in our many workshops, the DSC has you covered; come and see!

    As the mandate of the DSC is to advance research and learning in technology, we have a number of spaces that can be used for research meetings, small events and class instruction. These spaces are ideal for special lectures or hands-on workshops. 

    The main floor area – with its touch table, couches, remotely-connectable TVs, and the gentle hums of the 3D printers – is a wonderful spot to collaborate with others on research, and class projects. You are welcome to use these spaces during the DSC’s operational hours. The area is a quiet conversation zone, you can bring a coffee or drink in a closed container, but we ask that you do not eat in the space, as there is a lot of technology around. 

    The DSC Visualization or “Vis” Lab

    For workshops, events and classes we have two large spaces. The Vis lab has a 7.3m x 1.4m display visualization wall, and is the premier spot in the DSC to host your seminars or show off your work in its full glory on 12 HD screens. Equipped with a rotating ceiling camera, it can accommodate an online audience if its 40-person capacity isn’t enough!

    The DSC Multipurpose Room

    If you need a room for a hands-on workshop there is also the Multipurpose Room. There are multiple screens and it has modular furniture to rearrange to suit your needs, and its 4 large screens make the whole wall your digital canvas to paint with all your display needs. The MP Room can seat 24 people with tables, and more with audience-only seating. It also has a wall camera and built-in microphones to accommodate those who can’t be there in person. To book the large classrooms, you can make a booking request: just head to the DSC Website’s Space Booking Page. These rooms must be booked at least 24 hours in advance and we recommend you also book a time to come and test out the screens, cameras etc., in advance so everything goes smoothly during your event.

    Workshops
    A large part of the DSC mandate is to advance digital literacy and learning in technology. In addition to providing space for workshops, our knowledgeable staff provides free learning opportunities throughout the year. Interested in expanding your skills in digital media production, data management, software use, and/or making? Of course, you are! Serendipitously, our wonderful staff here at the DSC host many workshops where you can learn the skills needed to bring your work to the next level using technology. Join us for our Digital Scholarship Tools series, where you can learn the ins and outs of tools that can streamline your data gathering, processing and publishing workflows. Have you ever wanted to preserve your programming work without worrying about version control? Our workshop on Docker can help with that, as well as teach you new ways of sharing your code without worrying about operating system conflicts, and all the other benefits of creating a virtual server. Want to learn an efficient way to clean and organize a structured dataset? Then our workshop on OpenRefine is just the thing you need.

    Our Research Communication series can teach you new and interesting ways to present your research findings and expand your visual communication skills by learning more about photography, photo-editing, video and more. These skills extend beyond academics!

    As you can see, the Digital Scholarship Centre has many opportunities to grow your digital literacy, expand your tech skills, and collaborate in your research. During winter term our doors are open Monday to Friday from 9am-5pm, so if you’re so inclined, come check us out, we really don’t mind!

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  • Digital Media in the Digital Scholarship Centre

    by Guest Author February 14, 2023
    by Guest Author February 14, 2023

    By Amina Mohamed Amina is a student assistant at the Digital Scholarship and an undergraduate student studying the History of Art and Visual Culture. At the Digital Scholarship Centre, we often get asked: what is digital scholarship? This is a challenging question, as the definition of digital scholarship is a fluid, much-debated topic. We define Digital Scholarship as any type of research and academic learning that includes an aspect of technology. One…

  • Making in the Digital Scholarship Centre

    by Guest Author February 9, 2023
    by Guest Author February 9, 2023

    In the fall of 2019, just before the pandemic disruptions began, the library opened a new area on the 2nd floor of Cameron Library called the Digital Scholarship Centre (DSC). The mission of the DSC is to advance research and learning using technology. The DSC is an official research centre and supports the University community by providing expertise, tools and space for the use of technology.  After working on an appointment basis…

  • The Benefit of Library Workshops

    by Hanne Pearce September 21, 2021
    by Hanne Pearce September 21, 2021

    The library is traditionally known as the go-to place for information and help with resources. It’s true, helping to find information is our passion, but something not as commonly known is how much teaching our librarians and staff do. This includes instruction in many free library workshops offered over the course of the academic year. During the 2020 fall term librarians taught 233 individual sessions to over 10,321 participants!  Having been a…

  • Up your library game with Workshops

    by Erin Sanderman September 18, 2020
    by Erin Sanderman September 18, 2020

    We get it. Navigating the intricacies of the library isn’t easy. Finding information and making use of the library’s resources is a skill that takes time to develop, but we’re here to help support you on your academic journey. On top of general assistance you can access through chat and email reference, and foundational library skill tutorials that you can access online at your leisure, the Library offers workshops throughout the school…

  • Stitching the Curve: An Update

    by Hanne Pearce July 28, 2020
    by Hanne Pearce July 28, 2020

    It has now been well over five months since a group of us University of Alberta Library staff began a data physicalization project to stitch Covid-19 data in Canada. It’s a project that we called “Stitching the Curve”. This is a little update on this data physicalization project’s progress.  To quickly recap the project, members of our team have all selected provinces to either knit or crochet. Our colleague and fellow knitter,…

  • Cree Syllabics Project

    by Guest Author June 25, 2020
    by Guest Author June 25, 2020

    By Kaia MacLeod My name is Kaia and I’m a member of the James Smith Cree Nation. When I tell people that I work as an Indigenous Intern at University of Alberta Library, not a lot of people know exactly what that means. Here is a little crash course of what my job is: I get to work on the desk in the library and work on several Indigenous themed projects. During…

  • Physical Computing

    by Guest Author June 8, 2020
    by Guest Author June 8, 2020

    By Abbie Schenk Imagine a programming workshop: students sitting behind monitors and laptops, quietly  typing line after line of code to make their computers spit out words, solve math problems, and manipulate pixels on those same screens. Their education is almost entirely contained to the virtual realm.  But a different form of computer science education has emerged in the last few years: physical computing. “A recent growth area in computer science education…

  • Data Physicalization

    by Guest Author May 13, 2020
    by Guest Author May 13, 2020

    Written By Abbie Schenk When we think of data visualizations, we often think of charts, maps and other forms of expressing data in digital ways. But humans have visualized data for thousands of years, long before computer screens were invented. Some of the earliest data visualizations go back to 5500 BC when Mesopotamians used clay tokens to visualize data. Today, representing data in a physical manner is called data physicalization. The Digital…

  • Stitching the Curve: A UAlberta Library Data-driven Making Project

    by Hanne Pearce April 23, 2020
    by Hanne Pearce April 23, 2020

    University of Alberta Library staff share a great passion for information and we are always looking for new ways we can engage with it and make it more approachable for ourselves and our community. In March, when the COVID-19 crisis brought a sudden change to all our lives, some library staff with yarncraft inclinations had an idea to start a unique making project. The “Stitching the Curve” project seeks to capture the…

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