The Digital Social Science Lab (DSSL) is a physical space at the Danish Royal Library that supports research, education, and learning in digital methods and tools for the social sciences. It provides relevant software, hardware, guidance, and support. The DSSL acts as an open platform for education events and as a dynamic, inspiring environment for harvesting, cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing data. It aims to facilitate skill development, community building, and peer-to-peer learning through events, undervisning, and network connections across academia. The DSSL seeks to provide an alternative learning environment to the traditional classroom setup.

1. Digital Social
Science Lab
- connecting academia
with data literacy
Christian Lauersen
The Danish Royal Library
Email: cula@kb.dk
Twitter: @clauersen

2. Hvorfor?
Casen om specialet

5. Kub kort
Hvorfor?
3 Data Labs
Hum
Samf
Nat/Sund

6. Hvad er Digital Social Science Lab?
• Et fysisk rum til understøttelse af
forskning, uddannelse og læring
• Relevant software og hardware +
vejledning og support
• En platform for digitale metoder og
værktøjer indenfor samfundsvidenskaben

7. An open platform for education and events on digital methods
Hardware and software for harvesting, cleaning,
analyzing and visualizing data
A dynamic and aesthetically inspiring learning environment

8. Hvad vi laver
•Events og undervisning
•Facilitering og kuratering
•Community building

11. Biblioteket som hub:
Community og peer-to-peer

12. Rummet:
•Fleksibilitet
•Funktionalitet
•Inspiration

13. AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRADITIONAL
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Et alternativ til
det klassiske
læringssetup

14. The Evolving DSSL Network
DSSL
Aalborg
University
DTU
Faculty
members
Students
Etnographic
Exploratorium
ETHOS
Lab
Tearching
and
learning
unit
Faculty
BADASS
Higher education
Danish
Business
Authority
Open Data
Network
Libraries
and
archives
Society

15. Challenges in the proces
• ”Is this a library task?”
• ”On the expense of what?”
• How do we get the relevant skills?
• How do we talk about this project?
• How do we position ourself towards
the local research and educational
environtment?

16. What we’re learned
• It’s not enough to provide access to software
and hardware
• Skill development is a long proces and has to
be in context of need and resources
• The facilitating role is a good way to create
value
• Network is key
• The Library is a very strong platform for
bringing people together within academia
• Library support of data literacy might not fit
to all subjects

17. Digital Social Science Lab
http://kub.kb.dk/DSSL
Christian Lauersen
Mail: cula@kb.dk
Twitter: @clauersen
The Library Lab
https://christianlauersen.net