The Scholarly Commons

This is a technology enriched space in the University of Illinois main library, where patrons are helped to pursue research and receive expert consultations and referrals.

  • Help finding and using datasets and data tools.
  • Usability Lab Facilities (room, hardware, and software) for running usability tests and conducting collaborative research.

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This department provides services and resources for data and technology intensive research including copyright, data services (including geospatial, textual, and numeric data analysis), digitization, scholarly publishing, and web usability.

I was fascinated by their future plans which aims at providing a conducive space for consultation.

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