Jill Sexton UNC Libraries UNC Libraries Presented to
Jill Sexton, UNC Libraries @ UNC Libraries Presented to UNC Faculty Council March 20, 2015
Foster researcher success by providing active support throughout the research lifecycle
Connects students and faculty to services, tools, programming, and technology to support research. Provides spaces for collaboration, shares and highlights research and creative output, and engages scholars.
Core features • Skilled staff to support research • Spaces for consultation, creation, and presentation • Cutting-edge technologies, with training and support • Events that showcase faculty and student research, and provide opportunities for interdisciplinary research
Points of engagement • Davis Library • Kenan Science Library • Health Sciences Library
Davis Library Research Hub
Davis Library Hub Services • GIS services • Numeric data services • Data analysis • Data visualization • Data management consulting and data curation services • Digital humanities consulting • Digital scholarship consulting
Health Sciences Library
Hub Services Library Services Across the Research Lifecycle
Kenan Science Library
Kenan Hub Services • • • 3 D printing and scanning 3 D design consultations & workshops Support for classes and research projects using maker technology Data, citation and reputation management Company, industry, market & patent research consultations
Partnerships
Research Hub Case Studies
By the numbers Davis Library stats: Fall 2014 • 712 transactions • 85 basic help questions • 565 research questions • 52 departments • ~3000 cube reservations http: //unc. maps. arcgis. com/apps/Viewer/index. html? appid=db 94 afddf 26 b 4 ddb 87 f 7 a 583 e 2 f 26364
Case Study: Geography 121 https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=n 5 Bnh 7 Rw 6 p 8&feature=youtu. be
Case Study: Catcall map with volunteered geographic information Instruction
Case Study: The State of Low Wage Work in North Carolina Low-Wage Industries: Wages Change, Employment Change, NC Workforce www. lowwagenc. org Department of City and Regional Planning Masters Workshop and the Center for Poverty, Work & Opportunity
Tactual Symbol CAD File Creation and 3 D Printing Department of Allied Health Sciences. Center for Literacy & Disability Studies
Thank you Jill Sexton Head of Digital Research Services UNC Chapel Hill Libraries jill@email. unc. edu library. unc. edu/hub library. unc. edu/makerspace hsl. lib. unc. edu/hub
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