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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“I love numbers!” From the time she first discovered Research Data Management as a new and developing field, Xuan Zhou realized that this occupation was the right fit for her. Thus began the journey that led her to Texas State University as the first Research Data Curation Specialist for University Libraries (UL) where she provides …
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One of the most popular activities in the Alkek One MakerSpace is 3D Printing. Users create 3D objects that are sometimes works of art, sometimes creative gadgets, and sometimes prototypes of new inventions. The 3D technology has opened the door to all kinds of entrepreneurial endeavors. But the downside of this technology is that it …
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With Earth Day being celebrated later this month, University Libraries is proud to be participating in Texas State’s Sustainability Expo on Thursday, Apr. 13 in the LBJ Student Center Ballroom. Come visit our table and bring a book to swap! Libraries strive to be eco-friendly and there are many ways that Texas State’s University Libraries …
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Texas State students and faculty across a variety of academic areas are benefitting from two key resources purchased in 2022 through University Libraries’ Online Resource Grant funding. Online Resource Grants support the purchase of one-time online resources such as primary source databases, journal backfile collections, e-book collections, and audio or streaming media collections. These resources …
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SAN MARCOS, Texas (December 9, 2022) – Texas State’s University Libraries (UL) is pleased to announce the recipient of its first Unity Technologies Scholar is José Chavez, who earned a Master of Science in computer science in December 2022. The Unity Educator in Immersive Technology program is a part of a co-curricular learning opportunity offered …
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Whether you need inspiration to study or an opportunity to take a study break, the library has a space or event for you between now and the end of the semester. Sometimes you need a place to go to focus on those projects and final exams and sometimes you need something to do to de-stress …
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University Libraries is excited to announce its fantastic new collection of audiobooks now available to Texas State library patrons. The collection is easy to use and access through OverDrive’s newest online mobile application called Libby. This Texas State is a pilot for e-book audio resources and currently includes 140 titles including current best-sellers and classics. …
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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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For over a year, Texas State University has been an active participant in the Texas Library Coalition for United Action (Texas Coalition), a group of 43 academic institutions in Texas seeking to find sustainable solutions to the rising costs of subscriptions to academic journals and to improve relationships between academic institutions and publishers. We are …
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