Support Services

The Digital Scholarship Initiatives Program can assist with
Digital Scholarship project planning and support [expand]

Whether you are interested in planning a single assignment using techniques and tools common to digital scholarship, or in developing a broader web-based research project, LTS staff can offer assistance with project planning and support.  Contact Jenifer Bartle, Manager of Digital Scholarship Initiatives, with questions or to help get you started.

Seed grants for digitization [expand]

LTS is pleased to offer a limited number of seed grants for digitization of unique library-owned or personal research materials for use in faculty research and teaching. Please complete this Google form or contact Jenifer Bartle for further information.

Support for open access publishing [expand]

In 2013, the Wellesley College faculty passed Open Access. Stay tuned for information about how to contribute faculty scholarship to the Institutional Repository under this policy and for information about other ways that LTS supports open access publishing.

Support and advice about tools to create maps, timelines, exhibits, digital stories and more [expand]

Please the list to the left for for information about the services provided by the Digital Scholarship Initiatives program.

Support in the use of specialized equipment and software [expand]

LTS offers a broad variety of specialized equipment to the College community to support the creation and display of digital content. Please see our equipment borrowing page for further information about circulating equipment, and our in-house equipment page for specialized non-circulating equipment.

We also offer support with specialized software for use in digital scholarship projects.  Contact Jenifer Bartle for further information.

Expertise in the building and hosting of digital teaching and research collections [expand]

LTS staff can assist with all aspects of building and maintaining your collections of digital images for teaching and research. Please see our Digital Collection Services page for further information.

Connections with regional and peer institution digital scholarship activities [expand]

Please visit our Calendar page for information about local digital scholarship events. You can also visit our Resources page for additional information about peer and regional institutions.

Cloud-based sandbox environments for testing open-source software [expand]

The DSI team will provide "sandbox" environments to allow you the chance to experiment with different types of open-source tools. If you have a tool in mind that you'd like to try out, please contact Jenifer Bartle.

Further information about Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship [expand]

Please see our Resources page for further information.