Skip to main content
HOURS TODAY

Loading Main Library hours...

Loading Mudd Library hours...

Loading Deering Library hours...

Hours

Digital Scholarship and Data Services

Librarians with expertise in digital scholarship and data services provide consultation, collaboration and co-authorship for projects that involve digital research methods, data science and digital publishing. 

Services include:

  • Course-related instruction: invite us to your class to teach your students about digital research methods and data skills, or collaborate on the development of course-specific materials. 
  • Research consultations and collaborations: meet one-on-one with a data specialist from the library or from NUIT.
  • Workshops and training: develop your skills in topics like GIS, text mining and data science. 
  • GIS and data visualization: receive support for mapping, spatial analysis, finding spatial datasets, and general troubleshooting for GIS software.
  • Research data management: receive support to write a data management plan, collect and store data securely, share and archive data, and more.
  • Digital humanities and publishing services:  consultations and support in the creation of custom digital publications, including scholarly journals, digital exhibits, monographs and more. 

Data Analysis

Provides guides and consultations on tools and software for both qualitative and quantitative data analysis.

Data Library

Facilitates discovery, access, and analysis of commonly used datasets; allowing queries, statistics, and visualizations to be produced directly in the Data Library, or for datasets to be downloaded for local analysis as available and permitted.

Digital Publishing

Provides consultations, assistance and technologies for publishing original research and educational materials online.

Digital Humanities

Offers interdisciplinary consultation and collaboration services for humanities faculty and graduate students interested in digital forms of research, teaching and publication.

Research Data Management

Consults on the development of a data management plan and provides technical solutions to share and archive data.

Text Mining

Teaches tools and methods for text mining library resources. 

Libraries and NUIT Workshops

Oct
28
2026

Break Right Through That Line: Football at Northwestern

All day Deering Library, 1937 Sheridan Road
With photographs, footballs, uniforms, and other materials drawn from University Archives, this exhibit turns Deering Li...
Oct
28
2026

Alignment and Mapping of DNA/RNA Reads (Chicago)

11:00 AM Wieboldt Hall South Entrance, 340 E Superior St
Choosing and running software for sequence alignment. The first step in almost all bioinformatic pipelines is sequence ...
Oct
28
2026

Your Dissertation and Copyright: What You Need to Know (Online)

11:00 AM
As you prepare your dissertation, you may have questions about copyright. Can you use articles you’ve published during y...
Oct
29
2026

Break Right Through That Line: Football at Northwestern

All day Deering Library, 1937 Sheridan Road
With photographs, footballs, uniforms, and other materials drawn from University Archives, this exhibit turns Deering Li...
Oct
29
2026

Literature Review Basics for Students: From Research Question to Writing (Online)

4:00 PM
This session will introduce students to strategies for completing a literature review. The session will include tips and...
Oct
30
2026

Break Right Through That Line: Football at Northwestern

All day Deering Library, 1937 Sheridan Road
With photographs, footballs, uniforms, and other materials drawn from University Archives, this exhibit turns Deering Li...