As part of the University of Oklahoma Libraries Digital Strategies and Innovation division, the Digital Scholarship and Data Services department brings expertise in the integration of data, technology, and information resources in digital research and scholarship. Specialties include data creation, data management, data manipulation, 3D services, informatics, visualization, and emerging technologies.
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Please visit the Libraries' events calendar for a full schedule of library events and workshops.
Team and Services
Tyler Pearson, Director, Digital Scholarship and Data Services
Focus: Informatics, Automation, Data Transformation and Integration
Tyler oversees the Digital Scholarship and Data Services Department which combines expertise to support researcher and scholarly endeavors in the digital realm through consultations, partnerships, and workshops. Specific domains include data management, digital scholarship, emerging technologies, informatics, 3D printing, and 3D scanning.
Mark Laufersweiler, Research Data Specialist
Focus: Data Management Plans, Containers, Carpentries
Data Services
Mark supports OU community members with their research data needs. He offers consultations on the management, analysis and visualization of data both in person and online, where faculty and graduate students have the ability to ask questions and receive guidance on working with their data. He holds consultations in Collaboration Room LL2104 of the Data Services Unit (formerly DAVIS), on Lower Level 2 of the Bizzell Memorial Library.
Kristi Wyatt, Emerging Technologies Librarian
Focus: 3D Scanning, Photogrammetry, and Hardware Prototyping
3D Scanning Lab
Emerging technologies librarians augment the research and instruction life cycle of the OU community by providing researchers with 3D equipment, software, and consultation.
Jessica Lumry, Emerging Technologies Librarian
Focus: 3D Printing
Research 3D Printing
Emerging technologies librarians augment the research and instruction life cycle of the OU community by providing researchers with 3D equipment, software, and consultation. The Research 3D Printing service supports campus research through 3D consultations and services.
Bennie Stoll, Digital Projects Librarian
Focus: Digital research and scholarship project tracking and service coordination.
Bennie's expertise is in project management and curating community-driven digital resources. Their focus on the DSDS team is to provide support and coordination for researchers interested in working on Digital Scholarship projects.
Brianna Wright, Digital Scholarship Librarian
Focus: Digital Scholarship and Digital Humanities tools and practices.
Digital Scholarship Services
Libraries Digital Scholarship Specialists offer collaborative, cross-disciplinary research and digital scholarship support through workshops, consultation, and project partnerships. Digital Scholarship Specialists help faculty and graduate students identify digital tools and resources that build on traditional research and teaching methods.
Varun Sayapaneni, Research Informatics Specialist
Focus: Data-intensive research in Digital Scholarship projects.
Informatics
The Informatics unit at the University of Oklahoma Libraries specializes in information engineering, emphasizing the automation, storage, and retrieval of data through digital infrastructure.
Vacant, Digital Scholarship Librarian
Focus: coming soon
Digital Scholarship Services
Libraries Digital Scholarship Specialists offer collaborative, cross-disciplinary research and digital scholarship support through workshops, consultation, and project partnerships. Digital Scholarship Specialists help faculty and graduate students identify digital tools and resources that build on traditional research and teaching methods.