The expansion of the Digital Scholarship lab will allow us to expand the role of the Lab from being a teaching and learning space to also being a space for researchers.  This new area will have dedicated workstations for researchers and a flexible room for research projects that need more long-term space. Faculty offices in this area will also allow for programmatic needs for hoteling in the original Digital Scholarship Lab.

The MSU Libraries is purchasing an Anatomage table to complement and enhance the current educational technologies already available in the Digital Scholarship Lab. The Anatomage table is the most technologically advanced 3D anatomy visualization system for anatomy and physiology education. Students, faculty, staff, and the wider community will be able to see a myriad of anatomy visualizations, and will be integrated into a wide variety of curriculums, including medicine, nursing, biology, veterinary medicine and others.

The MSU Libraries are in the process of developing and hiring a new position of Scholarly Communications Librarian. The MSU Libraries have never had a position solely focused on the ever-expanding scholarly communications landscape, and this position will develop and promote scholarly communications widely. This position will supervise the Copyright Librarian, and develop a programmatic approach to scholarly communications within the MSU Libraries and across campus.