News: Data & digital scholarship

Data & Digital Scholarship's expertise in data discovery, data creation, data management and analytical tools supports the generation and dissemination of new knowledge at UC Davis.

Student Maps WWII Stories

UC Davis student Arthur Koehl (Computer Science, History and Economics ’17) created a website for his senior project that maps the stories of soldiers who fought in World War II. The library’s digital scholarship program helps faculty and students like Koehl learn how to use digital technology and data analysis ...
April 10, 2018 • Jillian Kido

Dash–a data repository for UC Davis reseachers

To facilitate open data sharing, promote access to research and support UC researchers in meeting funders’ and publishers’ requirements for data sharing, the UC Davis Library now offers access to the award-winning service Dash. Dash is built and maintained by California Digital Library for the UC system. ...
November 9, 2017 • Vessela Ensberg

Can you solve this data-themed crossword puzzle?

During Open Access Week, I wanted to give a nod to Open Data. You may have an intuitive sense of what “Open Data” means, but here is a definition: Open Data are public, accessible, described, reusable, complete, timely and managed. It sounds like a lot, but if you think ...
October 26, 2017 • Vessela Ensberg

Giving Credit Where It’s Long Overdue

Digital scholarship helps researcher develop novel approach to measuring the impact of scholarly publications Implicit bias — the attitudes and stereotypes that can affect our actions in an unconscious manner — is increasingly a hot topic in academic hiring and admissions. But what about its impact on how researchers cite ...
October 25, 2017

5 Free Data Sets for Mapping California’s Wine Country Fires

The second week of October 2017 saw the ignition of nearly two dozen fires in our state, according to CalFire. Many of the fires are burning in what we commonly think of as wine country, not only in Napa and Sonoma counties, but in Mendocino and the Sierra Foothills ...
October 18, 2017 • Michele Tobias

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