Honoring a “true friend” of the libraries
The George A. Smathers Libraries will celebrate the opening of the Scott Nygren Scholars Studio in Library West, room 212, on Monday, March 16, from 1:30-4:00 p.m.
The studio is named in honor of late professor Scott Nygren of the English department, who was described as a “true friend” of the George A. Smathers Libraries. Nygren served as chairman of the Faculty Senate and was member of the Board of Trustees from 2011 to 2012. He was also involved in the search for UF’s 12th president.
Located in Library West, the Scott Nygren Scholars Studio is a collaborative space where faculty, staff and students are welcome to work on current digital projects and imagine new ones. Because inspiration happens best in a community, the Scholars Studio aims to be the community center for digital scholarship amidst the broader library audience of the humanities and social sciences faculty and students.
The Scholars Studio supports the interdisciplinary nature of digital humanities as a space for humanists to gather and confer, and offers the technology necessary for new intellectual contributions to the field of digital humanities. This includes software for digital exploration of texts and images, a multi-touch screen to encourage digital play and a flexible furniture arrangement to allow for small or large group collaboration and presentation.
The studio is open for lab hours Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 1-4 p.m. during the spring 2015 semester. Studio hours are for support of digital humanities and digital scholarship activities, not general purpose or study, the room usage is in collaboration with the libraries. To make a reservation, contact your subject librarian.
The celebration is open to the public and will include refreshments. For more information about this event, please contact laurien@ufl.edu. To learn more about the Scott Nygren Scholars Studio, please visit http://cms.uflib.ufl.edu/librarywest/studio.
