Digital Humanities, Open Scholarship, and Copyright Resources

The ScholarWorks Center for Open Scholarship at Duke University Libraries was closed as part of Duke’s “strategic realignment” in summer 2025. Many of the resources formerly available from the ScholarWorks website have transitioned to other locations.

Digital Humanities

Information about the Duke Libraries’ support for digital humanities, including information on scheduling a consult, attending a workshop, and getting started on digital humanities projects.

Address general inquiries to askdigital@duke.edu.

Hannah Jacobs

Hannah Jacobs is a Digital Humanities Consultant with Duke University Libraries. She teaches, advises, and collaborates with staff, students, and faculty on a range of digital humanities topics. Areas of expertise include digital publishing platforms; 2D & 3D image presentation and analysis; gathering, structuring, and analyzing historical and archival data; developing community-driven and environmental projects and research approaches; and digital humanities pedagogy.

Copyright and Information Policy

Information about the Duke Libraries’ support for questions on copyright, authors’ right, fair use in research and teaching, open access and open education, and the scholarly publishing system.

Address general inquiries to library-cip@duke.edu.

Kate Dickson

Kate Dickson is the Director of Copyright and Information Policy at Duke University Libraries. Prior to this role, she was Copyright and Licensing Librarian and Associate Professor at UNC Charlotte. She previously worked as a copyright researcher at the Library of Congress, as a copyright and permissions intern at Duke Libraries, and as a reference intern and graduate assistant at UNC-CH Law Library and Duke Law Library. Prior to library school, she practiced law for 7 years in Washington, D.C. and Chapel Hill, NC. Kate holds an MSLS degree from UNC-SILS and a JD and MA in American Legal History from UVA. She is admitted to the North Carolina bar. Kate is available to answer questions and provide consultation and instruction about copyright, fair use, and authors' rights in research, teaching, and publication. She also works on library licenses, copyright assessment and contracts for library collections, and serves as the library's liaison to the Office of Counsel.

Open Access and Scholarship at Duke Libraries

Information about the Duke Libraries’ support for scholarly publishing and open access, including funding for open articles and books, choosing journals and repositories for research, U.S. federal public access, open educational practices, and tracking the impact of your scholarship.

Address general inquiries to open-access@duke.edu.

Haley Walton

Haley Walton is the Librarian for Education and Open Scholarship. Haley works with the Duke community to support the scholarly enterprise: effective literature searching and research practices; navigating scholarly publishing, including Libraries’ open access initiatives and the DukeSpace repository; and measuring the reach and impact of faculty and student research. She leads the Libraries’ programs in open education and OER, and is librarian for the Duke Program in Education, curating the collection on education topics and visiting undergraduate and graduate classrooms to share library resources, information, and research strategies.