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Leslie Flores with her Alkek One art piece

Photography student delivers warmth in artistic show of compassion

The 2022 Alkek One Student Gallery installations are now up and ready for visitors to experience. These awesome projects demonstrate how digital technologies and creativity align. Five student projects were selected among the entries to this second year of the competition to have their work installed in the first-floor lobby of the Alkek Library. Library …

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Student strives for inclusivity for all through art

The 2022 Alkek One Student Gallery installations are now up and ready for visitors to experience. These awesome projects demonstrate how digital technologies and creativity align. Five student projects were selected among the entries to this second-year of the competition to have their work installed in the first-floor lobby of the Alkek Library. Library staff …

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Brooklin Harris stands next to her artwork.

Student art fills walls of Alkek One gallery!

University Libraries is excited to announce this year’s featured artists for the Alkek One Student Gallery. The new gallery installations relate to this year’s campus Common Experience theme of Compassion and are available now for viewing on the first floor of the Alkek Library near the elevators and first-floor entrance.  The walls of the Alkek …

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Library resources and services are everywhere…or anywhere!

You’ve gotten your assignment and you are ready to start your research. Or, you need someone to help you figure out where to look for resources to help you work on an assignment or study for an exam. What do you do? Well, you go to the library, of course. But in today’s world, you …

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Joan Heath

Joan Heath: a fond farewell after 40 years of devotion to Texas State’s University Libraries

She’s barely five feet tall, but during her 40 years at Texas State University, Joan Heath has built a reputation that stands tall and has elevated the University Libraries’ status to the highest levels among elite universities. As Associate Vice President and University Librarian, Heath has overseen tremendous growth, groundbreaking technology advances and awesome achievements …

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Arlene Salazar

Subject specialists and robust collections are among key achievements of education librarian

“Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created and recreated by the author. When lighting conditions are just right, however, a …

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Student workers fuel library services and operations

Over the past year, we have profiled a number of employees who are vital to the operations of our libraries. And for each of those, there are dozens of other devoted staff members who are just as critical. However, the engine that keeps the train running on a daily basis is fueled by the amazing …

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Matt Greengold

Greengold ensures computers and printers are meeting campus needs

Access to computer technology and printing on campus is vital to the success of Texas State students and faculty. On the San Marcos campus, most of these resources are managed by a University Libraries team led by “Bobcat Lifer” Matt Greengold. His team, which includes student workers and full-time staff, manages all of the computer …

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Graduating? Come to Alkek and Make Your Mark!

If you’re graduating in spring or summer of 2021, Make Your Mark on Texas State by getting a recording of yourself in the University Archives.  Just come to the first floor of the library on either Monday April 26th or Tuesday April 27th, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and record a five-minute audio segment.  …

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Khoi Nguyen

Immersion Studio manager thinks big and brings big technology to life for students and faculty

Imagine a world where a visit to a graveyard would lead to the discovery of the life stories of its occupants simply by scanning a gravestone with your phone. Each cemetery or remembrance site would provide access to a modern-day archive, documenting each individual’s history in perpetuity. This is the world that immersive technology and …

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