Location

The CDIL is located smack dab in the middle of the second floor of the University of Idaho Library - Room 211. The center is available for meetings and project work related to digital scholarship activities at the University of Idaho. We have 15 computers, extensive digitization equipment, and three virtual reality platforms (HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift, Playstation) available for demonstration and education purposes.

Get in touch at cdil@uidaho.edu or 208-885-9444.

Origins

CDIL began in 2015 as a series of meetings convened by Andrew Kersten, Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS). These meetings brought together faculty from CLASS and the Library who were interested in advancing digital scholarship on campus and exploring collaborative research and teaching opportunities. In 2016, President Chuck Staben selected the CDIL as one of five campus projects, chosen from a pool of 43 applicants, to be awarded a Vandal Ideas Project (VIP) grant. The CDIL used these funds, under the direction of Devin Becker, UI Library’s Head of Data & Digital Services and the CDIL’s first director, to outfit the physical center in the UI Library and to fund our initial digital scholarship fellowship programs.