We are excited to announce that Texas State University has become a member of The Carpentries! The Carpentries is a global community of volunteers who develop and teach interactive, hands-on workshops on computing and data skills, addressing basic training needs that are unmet in most disciplines. As part of our Carpentries membership, the Research Data Services …
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University Libraries is excited to offer an exclusive presentation series focused on Open Scholarship! Choose one or more of the most applicable presentations for your faculty or department. Open scholarship promotes knowledge equity, increases the readership of your work, and promotes research impact across the globe. University Libraries has a variety of experts that can partner …
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ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a unique, persistent identifier that connects researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovative activities. The Texas State is an ORCID institutional member. University Libraries maintains the membership and ITAC provides integration support to import ORCID publication records …
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The Texas State University Libraries are excited to announce a significant upgrade to our institutional repository, the Research and Scholarship Repository. Our repository utilizes DSpace, one of the most widely used open-source repository platforms. The recent migration from DSpace version 6 to DSpace version 7 represents a notable enhancement with several key improvements. DSpace 7 …
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Join a NASA Transform to Open Science Training (TOPST) initiative. The Science Core Heuristics for Open Science Outcomes in Learning (SCHOOL) project is actively developing seven Open Science learning modules. NASA SCHOOL project is looking for participants to join the Open Science Team to help develop one of the learning modules. Specifically, we’re seeking …
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This week at the library we will be celebrating International Open Access Week by thinking about the theme Community Over Commercialization. But first, the basics! What is Open Access? Open access is an international movement that defines a set of principles and practices to promote the free access and distribution of academic resources. Have you …
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In the digital age, instructional design requires an understanding of technology and how it can be used to streamline and facilitate learning. Today’s students often prefer to engage with interactive online tools where they can learn at their own pace and according to their own schedules. At Texas State University, library leaders realized that they …
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Research Help Research Tutorials – You can navigate the research process and discover how to: get from a topic to a research question, find books, find articles, take notes, manage quotes, cite sources and get help. Citation & Style Guides – Do you need access to the Associated Press Style Guide or academic citation guides? This …
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With Homecoming and Halloween on the horizon, the Alkek Library has planned many spirit-filled activities over the next few weeks. Be sure to come by and get in the spirit with us! National Transfer Student Week Oct. 16-20 – Visit the Transfer Student Display. We love our transfer students and we’ve partnered with the Transfer …
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Open Resource Interface Update When I started as the Open Educational Resource (OER) Librarian over a year ago, I quickly found myself with more browser tabs open than I care to admit. Facilitating requests for Open Educational Resources felt a bit like a treasure hunt, one much like a National Treasure move where you uncover …
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