Developing digital scholarship services on a shoestring

"Libraries and academic technology divisions are increasingly developing and offering digital scholarship services. Yet, the term digital scholarship itself is quite fluid and seems to offer many interpretations depending on a particular university’s culture, institutional organization, and environment. This article will outline how one university addressed a need for digital scholarship services at its campus.   Next Section Digital scholarship at University of North Carolina-Charlotte J. Murrey Atkins Library has long provided support services to faculty and graduate students for the production of digital scholarship but knew there was a need to expand support for research. In fall 2010, the library leadership team began exploring through discussion and formal meetings how to address university researchers’ needs for advanced digital scholarship support. In late fall 2011, the Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL), a unit whose charge is to provide support to faculty and graduate students in the production and management of digital scholarship, was created ..."