The RDDS Blog

Research Data & Digital Scholarship welcomed Christopher D. Jimenez, PhD to our team as the new AI & Machine Learning Developer in July. Read more about Chris's background, interests, and plans for his role as we welcome Chris *back* to Penn!

In June 2026, Penn Libraries hosted a free, in-person supplementary Regional Hub for the virtual Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) 2026 conference, bringing together digital humanities scholars across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Check out Dataquest, a platform for learning data science tools and techniques, as well as foundational AI concepts.

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On November 22nd, RDDS’s Cynthia Heider and SCETLI's Mick Overgard partnered with members of Penn Libraries, the University of Delaware, and the Ginger Arts Community Center to host an event teaching all about community archiving. This post shares an interview with Cynthia and Mick, who discuss the challenges and benefits of hosting community events, preserving family history, and more.

RDDS partners with history faculty and team to launch a new project exploring the history of Philadelphia's long relationship with oil and gas industry.

RDDS recently debuted a tech and data zine rack in RDDSx. Just in time for International Zine Month, learn more about the process and what's next in this blog post from student outreach assistant Vicky Sun.

On October 10–11, 2024, the South Asia Studies Digital Humanities Workshop (SASDHW) convened scholars, librarians, and technologists for two days of collaborative learning on multilingual and computational text analysis of South Asian sources.