The Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship (CRDDS) is a collaboration between the University Libraries and Research Computing, offering a full range of data services for both university and community members. Their aim is to promote research data management mandated by federal funding agencies and journal publishers, cyberinfrastructure to gain full benefit from big data, digital scholarship to explore tools and methods used in digital research, and education and training.

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GeoLibrary Gets Its Soft Launch

April 30, 2019

The University Libraries are pleased to share the GeoLibrary , a new collection of Colorado Geographic Information System (GIS) data, now available online to the public. “Anyone can use it for their research, their mapping projects, it’s a place to go for GIS data,” said Philip White, an Earth Sciences...

The exhibit for the Data Visualization Contest is located on the 2nd floor of Norlin Library.

Data Visualization Contest Exhibit

April 24, 2019

You can view the best of the Data Visualization Contest now on display in Norlin Library! The exhibit for the Data Visualization Contest is located on the library's 2nd floor. The recipients, in order, are: McKenzie Mae Weller, Computer Science undergraduate for her project “Simulated Adoption Of Research Ideas Originating...

The Blow Things Up (BTU) Lab lives in the Roser ATLAS Center.

CU Boulder to Host First Symposium on Feminist Labs

April 4, 2019

The Blow Things Up (BTU) Lab, in the Roser ATLAS Center is one of the labs participating in the symposium. As research labs have proliferated in recent years, it has increasingly become necessary to examine them through a feminist lens. Feminist approaches to the cultures within research labs are gaining...

The winners of the 2018 Data Visualization Contest

Epidemic Spread of Ideas, Market of Polygamous Marriages win the 2018 Data Visualization Contest

Feb. 14, 2019

The spread of ideas in the scientific community, as modeled like an epidemic, wins the Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship 's 2018 Data Visualization Contest . The contest is an opportunity for students to show off their visualizations and draw attention to their projects. Winners were judged by...

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2019 Colorado Open Scholars Summit: March 1

Feb. 11, 2019

Have you ever considered the challenges in tenure and promotion in the context of open access? The second biennial Colorado Open Scholars Summit will discuss challenges in tenure and promotion within the current scholarly landscape and the role—or potential role—of open access within the tenure and promotion process. A state-wide...

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New Journal Offers Innovative Approach to Science Research

Jan. 10, 2019

With the launch of the Living Journal of Computational Molecular Science (LiveCoMS) , academic publishing continues to evolve in the digital age. ChBE Associate Professor Michael Shirts is one of the researchers behind the project, working with initial funding and support provided by the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. Shirts...

A sampling of works entering the public domain in 2019

Public Domain Day 2019

Dec. 31, 2018

For the first time in over twenty years, we will see an abundance of creative works pass into the public domain. On January 1, 2019, a wealth of literature, art, music, movies, and other creative works that had an authorized copyright in 1923 will lose their copyright protections and enter...

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2019 Open Educator Award: Call for Nominations

Nov. 6, 2018

CU Student Government and the University Libraries have joined together to identify and recognize CU educators who demonstrate exemplary use of open educational resources (OER) in their classrooms or teaching practice. Do you have a CU teacher or colleague who has implemented, adapted, authored, or shared high quality open educational...

Open access week 2018

Faculty Advocates for Open Access

Oct. 24, 2018

Open access (OA) is a way of publishing your research that enables it to be freely accessible to the public and usually has limited copyright restrictions. This method of publishing provides people with greater ability to access, view, build upon, and cite research. The OA model of publishing is a...

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Open Access Week 2018, Oct. 22 - 26

Oct. 10, 2018

The 11 th annual International Open Access Week is coming October 22 – 28. The University Libraries has put together an exciting series of events under this year's theme of "Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge." The workshops and events emphasize the importance of asking touch questions, staying critical, and...

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