The document outlines Karen Estlund's efforts to establish a Digital Scholarship Center at the University of Oregon. It discusses conducting a needs assessment that included reviewing existing campus services and surveying faculty and students. It also summarizes recommendations from other digital scholarship centers. The findings showed a need for training, consulting, and space for collaboration. The recommendations propose a phased approach starting with workshops and courses and expanding to include facilities for digital project development. The goals for 2013 are to build community, support faculty and students, and develop curriculum. Partnership with campus IT will also be important to provide infrastructure.

1. First Steps toward a
Digital Scholarship Center
Educause LIB/IT - Digital Humanities
March 20, 2013
Karen Estlund
Head, Digital Scholarship Center
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

2. Base
Wired Humanities Projects Libraries Digital Collections UO Digital Scholars
Since 1997 Since ca. 1998 Faculty interest group
Moved into Libraries 2010 Began support for digital Started ca. 2009
Dr. Stephanie Wood scholarship ca. 2007
Archaeology and Landscape in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia
Mapas Project (Colonial Mexican Pictorial Manuscript Facsimiles)
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

3. Needs Assessment & Environmental Scan
1. Review existing campus services
2. Survey / focus groups / interviews with
faculty & graduate students
3. Scan of existing digital humanities / digital
scholarship centers – external
4. Consult with DH expert on-site
5. Create stepped recommendations based on
data - (improve not prove)
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

4. A de-centralized model
Center for
Advancement
of Technology
Infographics and
Education
(GIS) Libraries
(incl. WHP)
Yamada
Language
Center
Information
Services
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

5. Review of Other Centers / Advice
Phone
ARL SPEC kit
interviews
326
with 3 centers
Conferences:
HASTAC Consultant
MLA
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

6. Synopsis of Services External DSCs
• Instruction focused – in a partnership with faculty
who teach digital humanities
• Faculty / Graduate fellowship programs
• Open Interactive Lab
• R&D for digital scholarship tools
• Support for grant-funded projects
• Support for projects within the collecting
areas/scope of library
• Archiving digital scholarship
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

7. UO Constituents
Faculty Graduate
Students
Other Service Undergraduate
Centers Students
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

8. One-on-One Interviews
“What is Digital Humanities / Digital Scholarship?” problem alleviated
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

9. Dream DSC Findings - Faculty
People over Space
• Training -- including workshops, tutorials, seminars, and speaker series
• Consulting on tools, best practices, project management, copyright,
technology transfer, digital archiving and grants
• Fellowships and course buy-outs to support dedicated time for digital
scholarship
• Space for networking, community, and collaboration
• Server space to store and serve research projects and to experiment with
systems
• Digital object creation facilities
• A flexible space to move people and equipment around
• A place to market and share projects / “incubator” for ideas and projects
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

10. Dream DSC Findings – Graduate Students
Training and a place for networking
• Consulting on tools, best practices, project management,
copyright, and grants with “a fleet of consultants.”
• GTF appointments, apprenticeships, and internships
• Space for networking, community, and collaboration
• Server space to store and serve research and to experiment
with systems
• Digital object creation facilities
• Credit Courses
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

11. Service Recommendations
• Phase 1
– Training / Workshops (peer-led)
– Credit Courses
– External Grant Consultation and Support
– Speaker Series / Symposium
– Internal DSC Fellowships
• Phase 2
– Increased capacity for projects
– Open Production Lab
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

12. Goals winter & spring 2013
• Foster a community of digital scholars
– Design DSC space
– Start peer-taught Workshop Series in spring 2013
– Revive UO Digital Scholars blog
• Support faculty engagement with digital scholarship tools and
methodologies
– Creation of sandbox public mini-lab (2 computers) with DH software and tools
– Subscription service to Amazon Web Services with customizable VMs
– Consultation on faculty/grad student projects (at least 2 new)
• Develop Digital Scholarship Center curriculum
– LIB 607: Issues in Digital Scholarship, 4-credit course, winter term 2013
– LIB 407/507: Data Management, 1-credit course, spring term 2013
– LIB 605: Reading: TEI, 4-credit course, spring term 2013
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu

13. Relationship with Campus IT
• New CIO!
• CIO and Library Listening Campus Tours
• Exploring how IS can support:
– General cyber-infrastructure
– Digital storage
– Collaboration tools / policies
– Advanced Drupal hosting
Karen Estlund
kestlund@uoregon.edu