Upcoming Programming

DSS develops and provides a variety of events, programming, and learning opportunities for students, faculty, and our broader community. Find more information about our upcoming campus activities here.

Digital Humanities Summer Scholars: 2024 Cohort

Applications are now open for the 2024 cohort of the Digital Humanities Summer Scholars! The Digital Humanities Summer Scholars (DHSS) Program is a six-week seminar with a minimum of 200 hours of work required. Funded through the Lafayette Libraries, it offers a $3,000 stipend for the 2024 program’s duration from May 14 – June 21, 2024. The application deadline is March 29. Contact Angela Perkins (perkinsa@lafayette.edu) for more information.

Drop-In and Work with the Data Associates

All Spring term, join the Data Associates in Skillman 003 for drop-in hours on Wednesdays, 4pm-6pm, and Sundays, 2pm-4pm. The data associates can help students with all kinds of data processing and analytics questions.

WiDS Datathon 2024

DSS is supporting students interested in building data science skills while solving an interesting and critical social impact challenge through the WiDS Annual Datathon. Details of programming are available on our support page. Datathon drop-in hours with a librarian will be in Skillman 004 on February 6, 13, 20, and 27, from 12:30pm-1pm.

Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon

Drop in with us on February 14th in the Gendebien Room of Skillman Library, any time between 8:30am and 3:30pm, to help transcribe, and review crowdsourced transcriptions of letters from Frederick Douglass' personal correspondence. The Library of Congress speaker live stream will be broadcast from 12pm to 3pm. Snacks and refreshments will be provided throughout the day, and all Lafayette community members welcome. Bring your laptop! To coordinate class participation, contact Ana Ramirez Luhrs or Janna Avon.

Spring '24 Data Viz Competition

This spring, the libraries will be hosting a campus wide data visualization competition for students to showcase their research related visualizations and compete for prizes.