20170919-DiSC-ITLPoster


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DiSCover the	Digital	Scholarship	Center	(DiSC)
Wendy	Mann,	Debby	Kermer,	Joy	Suh	|	datahelp@gmu.edu
University	Libraries	|	George	Mason	University

DSC.GMU.EDU

! SOFTWARE	&	TECHNOLOGY

• GIS,	statistical,	qualitative,	etc.
• Collaborative	workroom
• Scanners	for	digital	projects
• Lab	with	Windows	and	Mac	workstations

" CONSULTATIONS	&	WORKSHOPS

Consultations:	https://dataservices.gmu.edu/consulting

Workshops:	https://dataservices.gmu.edu/workshops

# RESEARCH	DATA	MANAGEMENT

• Data	management	plans
• Metadata	creation
• Long-term	data	preservation
• Archive	&	share	data	in	Mason’s	Institutional	Repositories

$ DATA

• Data	discovery	&	acquisition
• Text	&	numeric	data
• Data	cleaning	&	management
• Quantitative	&	qualitative	analysis

% GIS

• Geospatial	data	
• Mapping	
• Spatial	analysis

& DIGITAL	HUMANITIES

• Digital	tools
• Digital	projects
• Data	visualization
• Text	mining	&	analysis

 

 

DATA SERVICES 

2700 Fenwick Library   dataservices.gmu.edu 

 

 

DATA SERVICES 

2700 Fenwick Library   dataservices.gmu.edu 

 

 

DATA SERVICES 

2700 Fenwick Library   dataservices.gmu.edu 

 

 

DATA SERVICES 

2700 Fenwick Library   dataservices.gmu.edu 

Creating,	finding,	and	using	data;	data	management	and	
curation;	geographical	information	systems	(GIS);	digital	
scholarship	(humanities,	social	sciences	and	sciences);	digital	
projects	planning	and	management;	and	related	scholarly	
communication	issues	(e.g.,	open	access,	open	data).

WHAT	IS	DIGITAL	SCHOLARSHIP?

DiSC works	with	students,	faculty,	and	staff doing	digital	
scholarship in	the	humanities,	social	sciences,	and	sciences.

Our	clients	use	and	can	get	assistance	with	software	such	as:	
ArcGIS,	QGIS,	SPSS,	Stata,	SAS,	NVivo,	Atlas.ti,	QDA	Miner,	
Voyant,	Gephi,	MALLET,	etc.,	and	related	functions	in	Excel,	
Python,	and	R.

WHO	DO	WE	HELP?

2700	Fenwick	Library
a	newly	renovated	space	on	the	second	floor	of	Fenwick	

Library.

University	Libraries	built	DiSC by	combining	our	existing	Data	
Services	program	with	two	new	lab	areas.

WHERE	ARE	WE	LOCATED?