The Research HubAT UNC LIBRARIES

Joe Williams, UNC Library :: Peter Leousis, Odum Institute :: Molly Sutphen, Center for Faculty Excellence

Foster researchers’ success by

providing active support

throughout the research lifecycle

• Connects students and faculty to services, tools, programming, and technology to support new kinds of research.

• Provides spaces for collaboration, sharing and highlighting research and creative output, and engaging scholars

Core features

• Skilled staff to support research

• Spaces for consultation, creation, and presentation

• Cutting-edge technologies, with training and support

• Events that showcase faculty and student research

• Opportunities for colleagues to connect

• Kenan Science Library• 3D printing & scanning• Start-up support

• Health Sciences Library• Systematic reviews• NIH public access compliance

Points of engagement

• Davis Library• GIS and data services• Text and data mining• Digital Humanities consulting

• Presentation & meeting spaces

• GIS computing lab

Points of engagement

Odum Institute

• Social science research institute• Interdisciplinary• State-of-the-art digital archive• Advanced research methods training• One-on-one consulting for faculty and grad

students• Grant management and submission help

Odum Institute

• The research process has changed• Emphasis on adding value to the process• “Customer focused” and “customer driven”• Leading and following: It’s not “either/or”• The key is to use technology to help our

“customers” – not to drive the process

Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE)

• Pan university center for faculty across the arc of their career

• Three program areas:• Research• Leadership• Teaching and Learning

CFE signature programs

• Course redesign• Research-based practices• Under-represented student populations • Teaching and research overlap

• Future Faculty Fellowship Program• A new design fit for a new place

Opportunities to collaborate

Questions?

Joe WilliamsDirector of Public ServicesUniversity Library, UNC Chapel Hill

Peter LeousisDeputy Director The Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, UNC Chapel Hill

Molly Sutphen, PhD Associate Director, Teaching and Learning CoordinatorCenter for Faculty Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill