Digital Lab
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Vanderbilt students showcase production-ready innovation and earn hackathon honors at AWS Summit Washington, D.C.
Students from the Vanderbilt Cloud Innovation Lab for Libraries and Applied Digital Preservation, powered by AWS, represented Vanderbilt University through technical demonstrations, professional networking, and award-winning innovation at the 2026 AWS Summit Washington, D.C. Read MoreAug 17, 2026
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From Syriac scholarship to structured data: Vanderbilt Digital Lab supports international virtual workshop
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab partnered with Syriaca.org to conduct “Digital Encoding for the Study of Syriac Literature,” an international virtual workshop held from June 29 through July 9. Read MoreAug 11, 2026
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Vanderbilt Libraries connect with international IIIF community in the Netherlands
Erin Geier, cloud innovation lead and manager of the Vanderbilt Cloud Innovation Lab at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, represented Vanderbilt University at the 2026 International Image Interoperability Framework Annual Conference and Showcase, held June 1–4 across Amsterdam, Leiden, and The Hague in the Netherlands. Read MoreAug 7, 2026
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University of Ottawa, Vanderbilt forge new partnership on Indigenous digital archives and mobile history research
The University of Ottawa and Vanderbilt University are working together to advance Indigenous-led knowledge preservation and research through a new international agreement. Read MoreJun 10, 2026
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First Vanderbilt Cloud Innovation Lab student cohort develops AI breakthrough for media archives
Vanderbilt University computer science students have developed an accurate, reliable and cost-effective solution for segmenting and labeling television news broadcasts, making them more discoverable and accessible to researchers. Read MoreMay 22, 2026
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Vanderbilt’s Heard Libraries join Biodiversity Heritage Library, help preserve world’s memory of life on Earth
The Biodiversity Heritage Library has announced a new collaboration with Vanderbilt University’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries that will provide digital preservation support for the world’s largest open-access repository of natural history materials. Read MoreMar 31, 2026
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Vanderbilt’s Heard Libraries, AWS launch cloud innovation lab to engineer solutions in digital preservation
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have partnered with Amazon Web Services to launch the Vanderbilt Cloud Innovation Lab for Libraries and Applied Digital Preservation, powered by AWS. Read MoreNov 11, 2025
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Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab awards 2025 seed grants to trio of projects with AI focus
Generative AI will play a key role in three new campus projects being developed thanks to early-stage funding from the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab. Read MoreApr 30, 2025
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Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab seeking faculty projects to fund in 2025; deadline to apply is March 21
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab is seeking new and emerging digital projects to sponsor during the spring and summer of 2025. Vanderbilt faculty with projects or project ideas that require digital technology, or who are looking to develop a proof of concept to attract larger funding opportunities, are strongly encouraged to apply. Read MoreFeb 19, 2025
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Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab awards seed grants to four emerging digital initiatives
Four digital technology projects in the initial stages of development will advance at Vanderbilt, thanks to funding from the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab. Read MoreJun 25, 2024
