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The Michigan State University Libraries and the College of Arts & Letters partnered to build a state-of-the-art Digital Scholarship Lab, opened in February, 2018. The 10,000-square-foot space in the Main Library features a 360-degree immersive visualization room that accommodates up to 15 students along with a Virtual Reality room for experimentation with VR headsets.

Lab News

Escape the Virtual Reality Room

October 15, 2025

Mariah Allum

As part of an ongoing Drop-in VR Series, The Digital Scholarship Lab is inviting you to join us this coming Halloween Week for a spooky night of Virtual Escape Rooms! On October 29th from 4:00-7:00pm our Virtual Reality Room will be open to all on a drop-in basis, no RSVP needed.
Poster for Virtual Reality Event themed around Escape Rooms

Fall Semester 2025 Events & Workshops

August 25, 2025

Justin Wadland

Join the DSL for our events, workshops, or drop-in sessions. Learn about the 360 Room, VR, the Anatomage Table, data management, data visualization, and more.
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Call for Proposals: Digital Scholarship Lab Project Incubator 2025-2026

July 24, 2025

Justin Wadland

The Digital Scholarship Lab is excited to open the Call for Proposals for the 2025-2026 Incubator Program. Proposals will be accepted through Monday, September 9th, 2025.
Logo for the DSL Project Incubator
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Events & Workshops

  • Library Carpentry: Tidy Data, the Command Line, and Git In progress

    November 10, 2025 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Do you work with data? Do you want to improve your workflows and automate repetitive, error-prone tasks? Do you want to learn to work effectively with researchers, IT, and systems colleagues? Then this is the workshop for you! This workshop introduces three important computational skills in a library/information science context: …

  • Library Carpentry: Tidy Data, the Command Line, and Git

    November 11, 2025 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    This four-day, virtual workshop Library Carpentry workshop will run November 10-13, 1:00–5:00 PM each day. Registration is required and closes on October 31, 2025, at 9pm. Please go here for a full description and registration form. If you have questions, contact Craig Gross at grosscra@msu.edu or Justin…

  • Library Carpentry: Tidy Data, the Command Line, and Git

    November 12, 2025 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    This four-day, virtual workshop Library Carpentry workshop will run November 10-13, 1:00–5:00 PM each day. Registration is required and closes on October 31, 2025, at 9pm. Please go here for a full description and registration form. If you have questions, contact Craig Gross at grosscra@msu.edu or Justin…

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