Program Title:
Bucknell Digital Scholarship Summer Research Fellows
Program Directors:
Courtney Paddick, Arts & Humanities Librarian; Carrie Pirmann, Social Sciences Librarian
Year Program Created:
2017
Short Description:
The Digital Scholarship Summer Research Fellowship (DSSRF) is a librarian-led program which introduces students to digital scholarship tools and methodologies, and equips them with the skills necessary to undertake an independent, digitally-based research project. DSSRF incorporates the expertise of staff from various departments across Library & IT to give students an engaging and transformative educational experience.
Program Dates:
May 30 - July 27, 2018
Number of Students Involved:
4
Units/Divisions Involved:
Research Services; Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship; other Library & IT staff as needed
Primary Goals:
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Value the process of creating a digital project (not just the final project, but the steps undertaken to produce a project).
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Understand the research process and apply research skills to undertake an academic, public-facing digital scholarship project.
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Write for a public audience on the web.
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Critically evaluate digital projects for methodology, integration and choice of digital tools, scholarship and design.
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Contribute documentation of any processes, procedures, tools, and code to benefit the larger digital scholarship community.
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Participate and engage in the digital scholarship community of practice.