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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Upcoming Workshops & Events
- February 14 – Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon **more info coming soon!**
- February 14 - Dryad: A File and Collaborative Repository for Scholarly Outputs
- February 21 - Software Carpentry: Intro to Unix Shell
- February 28 - Software Carpentry: Python (Part 1)
- March 5 - Data Cleaning with Open Refine
- March 7 - Software Carpentry: Python (Part 2)
- March 14 - Software Carpentry: Version Control using Git/GitHub
- March 27 - Visualizations in Python using Matplotlib
- March 28 - Data Carpentry: Spreadsheets and OpenRefine
- April 4 - Data Carpentry: R for Social Sciences (Part 1)
- April 11 - Data Carpentry: R for Social Sciences (Part 2)
- April 18 - Visualization in R using 'ggplot2’
Please visit the Libraries' events calendar for a full schedule of library events and workshops.
Spring 2025 Office Hours
DSDS hosts office hours on a weekly basis on a variety of topics. We’re available to help you manage your research data, learn new tools and methods, brainstorm potential project ideas or just chat about new research!
In person location: Bizzell Lower Level 121
Digital Scholarship Office Hours w/ Brianna Wright
- Mondays, 10am – 12pm
- In person or via Zoom
Informatics Office Hours w/ Varun Sayapaneni
- Tuesdays, 12pm – 1pm; Wednesdays, 1pm – 2pm
- In person or via Zoom
Digital Projects Office Hours w/ Bennie Stoll
- Tuesdays, 1pm – 3pm
- In person or via Zoom
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.