Digital Humanities Working Group
The Digital Humanities Working Group (DHWG) is an interdisciplinary group of faculty and graduate students who meet together once a month to network across disciplines and see the DH work happening around campus. In the process, the DHWG fosters collaboration through awareness. DH work can often feel lonely, especially if you are solving a technical problem that is new to you. The DHWG often shares research goals or technical methodologies across different content areas. In so doing, we often find shared questions with the hope of sharing solutions. For more information, please reach out to Dr. Jeff Turner (Jeff.turner@ua.edu) in the REL Digital Lab to be added to the listserv.
Supporting Digital Literacy and Practice at University Libraries
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The Alabama Digital Humanities Center is part of the University Libraries. We strive to support Digital Humanities scholarship and teaching on campus through web hosting, workshops, classroom instruction, and one-on-one consultation. Our goal is to connect people and with resources so they can reach their potential as researchers, teachers, and students.
The SMC can support you as an instructor with class projects and assignments. Whether it’s a tour of the SMC to introduce students to the resources provided, a software instruction session, or working with you to design multimedia assignments for your students, we will be happy to work with you.
Librarians at UA Libraries provide instruction for undergraduate and graduate students as well as programs across campus. These sessions can take place in-person and online. Librarians also partner with faculty to design research assignments that integrate information literacy into course curriculum.
Research Computing Services in University Libraries supports faculty, students, and staff in exploring introductory computational research through instruction, tutorials, and consultations. In addition to general programming support in Python, MATLAB, R, and C#, we provide guidance and training in introductory high-performance computing, Linux, generative artificial intelligence, text and data mining, and workflow automation. Our team also collaborates on custom research projects, such as developing starter scripts for text/data processing or transitioning local workflows to HPC environments. Walk-in help and scheduled consultations are available for coding and research support. We also assist with programming environment setup, version control, and reproducible computational workflows. New services, including SQL database support and machine learning workflows, are currently in development.
Research Data Services (RDS) serves as an entry point for students and faculty exploring data-intensive research. Through workshops, course-integrated instruction, and one-on-one consultations, RDS introduces users to basic coding concepts and digital research workflows. The service offers hands-on training in R, Python, and MATLAB, as well as data visualization and analysis tools such as Tableau, Power BI, SPSS, and NVivo. RDS also provides guidance on data management planning for sponsored research, helping faculty meet funder requirements and adopt best practices for organizing, storing, and sharing data. It is particularly well suited for faculty who want to integrate data literacy or analytics into their teaching, helping learners build the foundational skills needed to work confidently with digital tools and data.