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Center for Digital Scholarship

CDS is the Library’s Center for Digital Scholarship

We are here to help you learn digital tools and methods and develop your research project in the humanities and social sciences.

We can help you

With tools to:

  • Make a map
  • Build a database
  • Acquire data
  • Visualize your data
  • Build and host a research website
  • Use automated processes for cleaning and analysis

Think about how to:

  • Scope your work to keep your project manageable
  • Plan for acquiring your data and preserving your work
  • Set up your data so that it’s prepared for your research needs
  • Think critically about your data

How do we work with graduate students?

One-on-one consultations

In person at the Rock or on Zoom

Workshops throughout the semester

See the Library’s events schedule with the “CDS” filter set

Digital Humanities doctoral certificate program

For a deeper dive into digital scholarship and a useful credential: Details on the certificate program

How do we work with faculty?

Customize a workshop for your course on digital methods

Complete the library instruction request form at least 3 weeks prior to your desired date 

Where can you find us?

Our front door is cds_info@brown.edu and here is our webpage.

We welcome everyone with any level of technology experience. If your project is outside our scope, we can help you find the right person or resources.