Category: Featured News

Feature stories for library patrons

Fatema Zohra

PhD. student’s art portrays her journey to fulfilling her career dreams in STEM

The walls of the new first floor lobby of the Alkek Library are adorned with Texas State student projects that demonstrate how technology and creativity align in the new Alkek One areas of the library. Seven student projects were selected among entries to the inaugural competition for art installations to be featured in the Alkek …

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Paivi Rentz

Paivi Rentz keeps many operations running for library patrons

The innerworkings of an academic library require the constant motion of many moving parts to keep things running efficiently. At Texas State, Paivi Rentz works tirelessly behind the scenes to keep many of these gears turning. If you have ever checked out an item or used a library resource, chances are she had a hand …

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Multimedia art installation reveals the faces of “Regular Ass People”

The walls of the new first floor lobby of the Alkek Library are adorned with Texas State student projects that demonstrate how technology and creativity align in the new Alkek One areas of the library. Seven student projects were selected among entries to the inaugural competition for art installations to be featured in the Alkek …

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Kira Wright

YouStar Studio supervisor makes recording experiences accessible and welcoming for all

Imagine you have just been hired to manage recording studio spaces and teach people how to create their own audio and video recordings. It’s a cool job, right? Now imagine you start your job just as a pandemic causes on-site services to shut down. Before you even meet your co-workers or the people you will …

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Madi Southerland

Busy student discovers new ways to create through the Alkek One competition

The walls of the new first floor lobby of the Alkek Library are adorned with Texas State student projects that demonstrate how technology and creativity align in the new Alkek One areas of the library. Seven student projects were selected among entries to the inaugural competition for art installations to be featured in the Alkek …

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Michael Quinto

Sparks fly in Alkek One Student Gallery photo entry

The walls of the new first floor lobby of the Alkek Library are adorned with Texas State student projects that demonstrate how technology and creativity align in the new Alkek One areas of the library. Seven student projects were selected among entries to the inaugural competition for art installations to be featured in the Alkek …

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Jessica McClean

STEM Librarian takes on many challenges to help students and faculty

In university libraries there are these shining stars that develop expertise in specific academic areas so they can help students and faculty identify, access and navigate the information resources that will help them succeed. They are called subject librarians. Subject librarians are stars because they can help take your research to the next level. Texas …

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Nathaniel Dede-Bamfo

Library GIS specialist can help you elevate your research

Have you ever wondered how businesses determine the perfect location for a storefront; or how health professionals track outbreaks of disease; or even how storytellers in literature and film create fictional lands and locations? Chances are Geographic Information Systems, better known as GIS, was used in those endeavors. GIS involves the use of computer-based technologies …

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Tricia Boucher

Alkek Library user experiences are important to Tricia Boucher

Do you ever wonder what happens with information gathered from customer service surveys and feedback forms? Is there any point to submitting them? University Libraries’ User Experience Librarian Tricia Boucher wants the Texas State campus community to know that information gathered from these sources has had a huge impact on their libraries.   Take the …

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Hithia Davis

Hithia Davis can help you put a professional polish on your work

Sometimes the work we do needs a little boost to help it shine. We need someone to refurbish it to give it a more artistic and professional polish. That’s where the Alkek Print Shop and its manager Hithia Davis come in. The Alkek Print Shop is a specialty print service located on the first floor of …

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