A new state-of-the-art video production studio is coming to the Alkek Library, and it’s unlike any you’ve seen before. Phase I of the Alkek Laboratory of Immersive Arts and Sciences, or ALIAS, is set to launch in the fall of 2024 thanks in part to a grant from a grant from the Albert and Margaret …
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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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Remember running home from elementary school with an art project tucked proudly under your arm? Back then, hands-on creativity was a way of life. While those days may be a distant memory, the Alkek Library has a place where students, faculty, and staff can still explore their imaginations, roll up their sleeves, and make stuff. …
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We love our campus family and this Valentine’s Day we are showing how much with some great activities happening throughout the day. We’re having an #AlkekParty in Alkek One with many great hands-on activities for you to do, games to play and fun to be had. And there are other activities happening throughout the library …
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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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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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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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Beginning Monday, Oct. 19, the Alkek Library’s fourth floor lounge will cover an expanded area and become the library’s designated eating and drinking zone. The larger lounge area offers patrons a space where they can take a break and eat or drink without masks while seated. As with all campus dining areas, users of the …
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What is Alkek One? Alkek One is a hub of technology-focused spaces located on the first floor of the Alkek Library at Texas State University. Our spaces feature a variety of technology that centers on maker culture, immersive reality, time-based media, geographic information systems, and digital design. At the core of Alkek One is a …
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So many things have happened in the Alkek Library since last spring. Here are the top six: Alkek One is open! The long awaited renovations to the first floor have been completed and new spaces have opened. There is a GeoSpace, DesignSpace, MakerSpace, Immersion Studio and all new YouStar Studios including two video recording studios, …
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