The ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Digital Library
The Digital Library team, based in the Library, is digitising the Library’s collections to unlock the data within and make it openly available on the web.
Working with academic colleagues at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and beyond, the Digital Library provides help to the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ community through identifying collections with research value, then opening them up using state of the art format shifting techniques. The Digital Library Teams are currently in the process of developing a Digitisation Suite in the Library to take our digitisation activities to a new level.
You can view ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s many and varied digitised collections online and .
Neil Stewart
Digital Library Manager - ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library
Neil leads on digitisation projects within the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Library and manages rare Library dataset collections.
Students interested in gaining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Digital help with research can contact Neil via email.
Dr Paul Horsler
Academic Support Librarian
Paul leads on queries related to the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s subscription data resources such as Bloomberg, WRDS, Orbis and others. He is able to provide overviews of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s resources and arrange training sessions, including with suppliers if needed. You can contact Paul via email.
Hannah Boroudjou
Research Data Librarian
Hannah leads on data related enquiries including data management plans, data archiving, data access statements, requests for secure data and special data access arrangements. You can contact Hannah via email.
Data Subscriptions
The Digital Library subscribes to resources including Company, Financial Market, and Market Research data, Country specific data, Data PC resources WRDS, and historical data and social science data.
These are available to ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ staff and students.
Cyber Security and Risk
The team and the team offer services to aid ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ staff and students in gaining a greater awareness of cyber security threats, GDPR and the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Information Security policies.
for ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Cyber Security Awareness Training that will enable you to take measures to manage data securely and protect your online identity.
Library Companion for Data Resources
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ staff and students can access this companion that helps Library users with Data Library resources, including survey data, financial data, and geographic data via
The Digital Library recommends that staff and students make use of the UK Data Service.
This comprehensive resource offers the UK's for research and teaching as well as .
Recordings of events can be found on the UK Data Service and .
UK Data Service introductory training series: Autumn 2021
- 5 October 2021. Introduction to the UK Data Service.
- 7 October 2021. Finding and accessing data from the UK Data Service
- 12 October 2021. Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data
- 14 October 2021. Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys
- 21 October 2021. Data management basics: Introduction to data management and sharing
- 22 October 2021. Data management basics: Ethical and legal issues in data sharing
- 4 November 2021. Depositing your data with ReShare
- 5 November 2021. Consent issues in data sharing
- 9 November 2021. How to become a computational social scientist
- 15 November 2021. Getting started with secondary analysis
- 18 November 2021. Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies
- 8 December 2021. Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Data and Technology Services
helps the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ community to connect, communicate and collaborate using technology.
Useful resources include critical and . These are particularly useful for those working with confidential and/or personal data.
DTS also offers topics such as , and .
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ LIFE services
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ LIFE offers ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ students help on their studies and goals through workshops, other unique events and one-to-one sessions with study advisers and specialists.
The full range of events and activities is . Topic areas include technology and data help and resources including slides, handouts and recordings for all events are made available on the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ LIFE . The also offers updates on new opportunities.
One to one sessions are available, including with Academic Support Librarians. Information can be found or via .
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ LIFE has also compiled a range of , from how to begin an assignment and what topics are suitable for dissertations to methods of accessing primary data and different data handling techniques.
For more information, please contact ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ LIFE via email.