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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2018 Data Visualization Contest

Oct. 9, 2018

The 2018 Data Visualization Contest is an opportunity for students to show off their visualizations and draw attention to their projects. Data visualizations may include everything from charts and graphs to maps to data art to 3d models and can be static, animated, or web-based interactive stories. The Center for...

OpenCon 2018 Boulder

OpenCon Boulder Registration Open

July 27, 2018

Open Access and Open Data are transforming the ways we conduct research and share our work with the world, while Open Educational Resources (OER) are revolutionizing teaching and learning in the classroom. Whether you are familiar with these terms or just hearing them for the first time, we invite you...

CRDDS celebrates its first birthday with resources and services for researchers.

Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship Celebrates First Anniversary

June 13, 2018

The Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship (CRDDS) is one year old! Please drop in to help us celebrate with cake and other light refreshments between 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 20 in Norlin Library E206. Don’t miss news about any upcoming offerings from CRDDS. Sign up today for...

Zachary Wilson, Lila Finch and Jordan Wirfs-Brock, the winners of the 2017-18 Data Visualization Contest

Jordan Wirfs-Brock Wins First Data Visualization Contest

March 27, 2018

Jordan Wirfs-Brock, an Information Science graduate student, is the recipient of both first and third place in the inaugural Data Visualization Contest, sponsored by the University Libraries and the Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship (CRDDS). Wirfts-Brock received first place for her project, “ Indian Lands and Fossil Fuel...

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Apply for the new Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate

March 14, 2018

In response to our society’s increasing need for expertise that intersects the humanities and computing, the University of Colorado Boulder is pleased to announce a new graduate certificate in Digital Humanities. The Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate welcomes students from all disciplines, including the humanities and arts, social sciences, natural sciences,...

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A “Fair” to Remember

Feb. 26, 2018

With its first use in 1710 England as the “Statute of Anne,” copyright has been the cornerstone of protecting creators’ rights and encouraging innovation across the world. The Copyright Act of 1976 is the basis for U.S. copyright law and it codifies the doctrine of “fair use.” This doctrine allows...

OEA recipient Diana Maggiore

Maggiore Wins Open Educator Award

Feb. 22, 2018

Diana Maggiore has received the first CU Boulder Open Educator Award from the CU Student Government and the University Libraries. This award recognizes Maggiore’s innovative use of the MyOpenMath platform, an open educational resource (OER). She used this OER in her MATH 1005 and MATH 1011 course instruction to reduce...

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Data Visualization Contest: Deadline extended to Dec. 13 2017

Dec. 3, 2017

Data visualization allows us visual access to huge amounts of data in easily digestible visuals. Well-designed data graphics help people understand the significance of data in a simple yet powerful way. ETA: The deadline has been extended to December 13, 2017, so that students can enter data visualizations from their...

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Open Educator Award: Call for Nominations

Oct. 30, 2017

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

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Open Access Publishing = Global Audiences for Research

Oct. 23, 2017

Readership map of total downloads by region from CU Scholar, our institutional repository. While most undergraduate projects get filed away after being graded, some are shared hundreds or even thousands of times. For example, CU Boulder alum Kerry Doran's Undergraduate Honors Thesis has been downloaded over 13,800 times by researchers...

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