Data Services
The Data Services team supports the WashU community with their research, teaching, and learning. In service to the university’s mission, vision, and strategic goals, Data Services supports data-intensive, scalable, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research. The team offers expert consultations, engaging talks, interactive demonstrations, project support, and hands-on workshops in a range of relevant data tools and methodologies.
Core Service Areas | Data Service Help Desk | Email Newsletter |
Data Savvy Courses & DataLab Workshops | Tours & Field Trips | Our Team | News & Events
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Core Service Areas
Data Services offers help desk support, research guides, resources, workshops, and one-on-one consultations for service areas that include data sourcing, data management, sharing and curation, data exploration and visualization, 3D/AR/VR, digital humanities, and geographic information systems (GIS).
Help Desk
Data Services staff are available to assist you directly. Data Services is also available by appointment, which can be requested with the Data Services Appointment Request Form.
Help desk support is available during the following hours via Zoom:
- Mondays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
- Tuesdays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
- Wednesdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Thursdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Fridays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
If users access the help desk in the final few minutes, our team may have to schedule an appointment rather than provide on-the-spot consultation.
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Data Savvy Courses & DataLab Workshops
Data Services offers several foundational and helpful ways to learn more about data tools through the WashU Libraries. Data Savvy Courses are a set of self-paced courses delivered through Canvas, and DataLab Workshops provide a range of workshops, from the basics of understanding data to working with data tools.
Tours & Field Trips
Tours are available to school and adult groups interested in learning more about the John M. Olin Library. Availability is contingent on the capacity of staff and library spaces, which vary throughout the year.
Our Team
Contact
- Department
- Data Services
- Name
- Jennifer Moore
- Pronouns
- she/her/hers
- Job Title
- Head of Data Services
- Email Address
- j.moore@wustl.edu
- Phone Number
- (314) 935-5492
- Make Appointment
- Make an Appointment
Contact
- Department
- Data Services
- Name
- Sarah Swanz
- Job Title
- Humanities Data Curator/Data Services Librarian
- Email Address
- sswanz@wustl.edu
- Phone Number
- (314) 935-6349
Contact
- Department
- Geospatial Program Services
- Name
- Mollie Webb
- Job Title
- Geospatial Program Services Manager and Data & GIS Developer
- Email Address
- molliewebb@wustl.edu
- Phone Number
- (314) 935-3511
Contact
- Department
- Geospatial Program Services
- Name
- Zachary Szczepaniak
- Job Title
- GIS & Data Analyst
- Email Address
- szachary@wustl.edu
Contact
- Department
- Data Services
- Name
- Harper Tooch
- Job Title
- 3D Visualization Specialist
- Email Address
- h.tooch@wustl.edu
Contact
- Department
- Geospatial Program Services
- Name
- Ryan Wallace
- Job Title
- GIS & Data Science Librarian and Data Curator
- Email Address
- rcwallac@wustl.edu
- Phone Number
- (314) 935-0156
Contact
- Department
- Data Services
- Name
- Avianna Wooten
- Job Title
- Data Management & Sharing Specialist
- Email Address
- avianna@wustl.edu
Contact
- Department
- Area Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences Librarians
- Name
- AJ Robinson
- Pronouns
- they/them
- Job Title
- Islamic Studies; South Asian Studies; and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Subject Librarian
- Email Address
- robinson.a@wustl.edu
- Phone Number
- (314) 935-5714
- Make Appointment
- Make an Appointment
Data Services Resident
The residency program equips residents with a deep knowledge of our core service areas. Residents bring their own expertise and, through training, shadowing, and mentorship, enhance that expertise to work meaningfully with data.
The current Data Services Resident is the Islamic Studies, South Asian Studies, and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Subject Librarian AJ Robinson. Their residency will focus on using GIS and the Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis project.
Past Data Services Residents
- The 2025 resident was Curatorial Assistant Steven Vance. His residency focused on digital humanities tools.
- The 2024 resident was Chemistry Subject Librarian Rhiannon Iha. Their residency focused on data management and sharing.
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