Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio

Mission & Vision

The Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio collaborates with faculty and students on the digital design, implementation, and circulation of their research. Subscribing to a show more, tell less approach where digital scholarship–particularly the digital humanities–is concerned, the Studio embraces scholarly creativity and encourages interdisciplinary research and multiplatform circulation. In this manner, the Studio helps scholars tailor the presentation and application of their research to a variety of audiences.

Housed in the UI Libraries, the Studio oversees the Iowa Digital Library, Iowa Research Online, DIY History, and faculty and graduate student Digital Editions. Given its position in the Libraries, the Studio can shepherd digital projects from their inception to their eventual archival treatments, creating responsible lifespans for these projects and their attendant data.
In close connection with other campus resources, including Student Instructional Technology Assistants (SITAs), Iowa Digital Engagement and Learning (IDEAL) and the UI Libraries’ Research & Library Instruction department, the Studio can help instructors thread their research projects into university and community curricula.

Location

The Studio is located on the first floor of the Main Library in the 1015 suite of spaces. In addition to staff workspaces, the Studio houses one Mac and two Dell consultation spaces for faculty and graduate student use. Current software includes: Oxygen, Blender, Autodesk, Adobe Suite, Quantum GIS, ArcGIS 10.3, Gephi, and many, many other programs. The Studio also maintains a non-circulating collection of digital scholarship reference materials for patron use.

Use of the consultation stations is first-come, first-served. Faculty and students are welcome to use the machines for existing digital scholarly projects or set up a consultation with Studio staff.


People:

Tom Keegan Head, Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio 
Leah Gehlsen Morlan, Program Manager 
Matthew Butler, Senior Developer, Media Production & Design 
Alyssa Varner, Graphic Designer 
Robert Shepard, GIS Specialist 
Ethan DeGross, Researcher/Developer 
Connor Hood, Public Engagement Specialist 
Hannah Scates Kettler, Digital Humanities Research & Instruction Librarian 
Nikki White, Digital Humanities Research & Instruction Librarian 
Bobby Duncan Library Assistant 
Stephanie Blalock, Digital Humanities Librarian and Associate Editor, Whitman Archive 
Mark Anderson, Digital Scholarship & Collections Librarian
Deborah Elizabeth Whaley, Senior Scholar for Digital Arts and Humanities