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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.

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Lab News

Announcing CAL/DSL Graduate Arts Fellows

March 11, 2026

Justin Wadland

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 College of Arts and Letters/Digital Scholarship Lab Graduate Arts Fellows: Shelby Freehling and Jameson Reid. Learn more about the proposed projects they'll work on this summer.
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3D Scanning a Bike Frame to Keep the SpartanVelocity Team Moving

March 10, 2026

Paul Cooper

The Digital Scholarship Lab recently provided 3D scanning services to SpartanVelocity, an electric motorcycle racing club and an Engineering Department student group operating out of the MSU William A. Demmer Engineering Center.
A 3D model of the Spartan Velocity motorcycle frame scanned and rendered as an object in SolidWorks.

Apply for Immersive Visualization Institute 2026

February 10, 2026

Eli Wachter

Graduate students and faculty are encourage to apply to the Immersive Visualization Institute (IVI), an in-person program offered June 8-11, 2026 that explores the pedagogical potential of large-scale immersive visualization platforms on campus.
Close up of a nature display presented in the 360 Room
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Events & Workshops

  • OpenRefine Regular Expressions and Data Validation

    March 16, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

    DSL Project Room J (Main Library, 2 West)

    An interactive workshop on using regular expressions in OpenRefine to transform your data and data reconciliation to match it  against external databases or vocabularies (e.g., Wikidata,  ESRI World Gazetteer).

  • POSTPONED New Ways of Seeing the Past: Machine Learning, X-ray Fluorescence, and the Coins of Rome and Ancient Judea

    March 23, 2026 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

    DSL 360 Room (Main Library, 2 West), DSL Flex Space (Main Library, 2 West)

    Due to unexpected circumstances, this event has been postponed. The event will likely be held in April 2026. The event will be updated when a new date is set.   With Yaniv David Levy, of the Israel Antiquities Authority.   Coins are one of the most ubiquitous artifacts of Mediterranean archaeology. However…

  • Escape the Virtual Reality Room: Drop-in VR

    March 25, 2026 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

    DSL VR Room (Main Library, 2 West)

    Try out some puzzling and immersive virtual escape rooms with this Drop-in Session. Choose from a variety of options and take your time exploring each environment. Solve puzzles, search for clues, and see if you have what it takes to Escape the Virtual Realty Room! Interested in trying something else? You’re still welcome to…

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