About Us
Posted on August 5th, 2008
Searching for the real Scholars’ Lab home page, with info about our digital resources, rooms and equipment, and consultative services? Look no further.
About this Blog
The Scholars’ Lab was established in 2006 at UVA Library as a site for innovation in the humanities and social sciences. The idea was to combine the resources and expertise of the Library’s successful Electronic Text (Etext) and Geospatial and Statistical Data (GeoStat) centers with that of UVA’s Research Computing Support Group in a physical space that promotes collaboration and experimentation. Two years later, we’re extending the conversations that happen in our offices and in the Lab to a wider forum.
This blog will trace the activities of our Graduate Fellows in Digital Humanities and staff, in collaboration with scholars from a variety of disciplines and fields. Over the coming months, we’ll be inviting our Fellows, grad student consultants, Scholars’ Lab faculty and staff, visiting scholars, and UVA collaborators to share this blog and make it their own.
Digital Research and Scholarship at UVA Library
The Scholars’ Lab caters to the research, digitization, and online editing needs of faculty and students in the humanities and social sciences. Staffed with friendly, expert consultants from UVA Library’s Digital Research and Scholarship department and ITC’s Research Computing Support Group, the Scholars’ Lab is the perfect place to take your digital humanities scholarship and social science research to the next level. UVA Library also plays host to IATH and VCDH, as well as to a newly-formed (and yet unnamed) digital humanities center meant to serve as an umbrella organization over all this vibrant activity.
The Scholars’ Lab has two sister spaces which (together with the Scholarly Resources department) make up the Library’s network of support for digital research, scholarship, and production. These are the Research Computing Lab in Brown Science and Engineering Library and the Digital Media Lab in the Robertson Media Center of Clemons Library.
Collaborate, Iterate, Discuss
If you just can’t get enough of the SLab, please come and visit our bright, airy space on the 4th floor of Alderman Library! The Scholars’ Lab was designed for both collaborative and solo work, with room for small, collaborative groups and larger classes. We regularly host events such as talks, workshops, and brown-bag lunches on topics of interest in humanities computing and social science research. Our regular “Digital Therapy” luncheons are a fun opportunity to meet like-minded folks and hear more about our graduate fellowships in digital humanities. Drop by or us send us a message! We’re eager to partner with you on projects large and small.
