Presentation for Lund University Library on the making of Digital Social Science Lab - an open platform for events, education and skills on digital methods - at the Faculty Library of Social Sciences / Copenhagen University Library Web: http://kub.kb.dk/DSSL

1. Digital Social
Science Lab
- connecting academia
with data literacy
Christian Lauersen,
Copenhagen University Library
E-mail: cula@kb.dk
Twitter: @clauersen

2. A library approach focusing
only on study space and
information resources is not
valid

3. We are past the area were
the task of the librarian was
to find stuff on a shelve

4. When education and
research changes…
… so should
libraries

5. Data
Methods/tools
Skills

6. The respond:
Digital Social
Science Lab

7. An open platform for education and events on digital methods
Hardware and software for harvesting, cleaning,
analyzing and visualizing data
A dynamic and aesthetically inspiring learning environment

8. The Proces

9. Inspiration

10. Funding

11. Hvad er Digital Social Science Lab?
• Et fysisk rum til understøttelse af
forskning, uddannelse og læring
• Relevant software og hardware +
vejledning og support
• En platform for digitale metoder og
værktøjer indenfor samfundsvidenskaben
Input
Stakeholders
Ownership
Collaboration

12. Kub kort
Hvorfor?3 Data Labs
Humanities
Social Sciences
Natural and
Health Science

13. Challenges in the proces
• ”Is this a library task?”
• ”On the expense of what?”
• How do we get the relevant skills?
• How do we talk about this project?
• How do we position ourself towards
the local research and educational
environtment?

14. What we do

15. Events, instructions
and workshops

17. Students as partners
Peer-to-peer
Promotion
Network

18. Creating a
network hub

19. Skills

20. DSSL is about people
Selection
Planning
Time

21. The Space

22. Flexibility
Functionality
Inspiration

23. Connecting
the future
with the past

24. Visual
storytelling

25. Create
’otherspaces’

27. AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRADITIONAL
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
An alternative to
the classic
learning setup

28. Who do we work
with?

29. The Evolving DSSL Network
DSSL
Aalborg
University
DTU
Faculty
members
Students
Etnographic
Exploratorium
ETHOS
Lab
Tearching
and
learning
unit
Faculty
BADASS
Higher education
Danish
Business
Authority
Open Data
Network
Libraries
and
archives
Society

30. Digital Social Science Lab, Spring 2016
Opening 18th of February 2016
36 events
10 own: NVivo, Zotero, Hindenburg
16 facilitated: STATA, Open Data Day,
Digital Methods Session, various seminars
650 have attended DSSL events
Highly daily use of the learning
environtment

31. What we’re learned
• It’s not enough to provide access to
software and hardware
• Skill development is a long proces and
has to be in context of need and
resources
• The facilitating role is a good way to
create value
• Network is key
• The Library is a very strong platform for
bringing people together within academia

32. The Future?

33. Digital Social Science Lab, Autumn 2016
5 NVivo workshops
2 SPSS workshops
2 Hindenburg workshops
2 Gephi + Netvizz workshops
2 Excel workshops
2 photoshop workshops
1 python workshop
1 Digital Method Session
1 Data sprint

34. Moving on
New partnerships
Re-skilling
Shaking the picture of the library

35. Digital Social Science Lab
Christian Lauersen
Mail: cula@kb.dk | Twitter: @clauersen
The Library Lab: https://christianlauersen.net/
Questions?
Digital Social Science Lab
dsslmail@kb.dk
http://kub.kb.dk/DSSL