We are excited to announce a new way of requesting new resources for University Libraries. Our Collections Team has created a new tool, Recommend a Resource, to replace the former purchase suggestion form. The new tool is a single interface form that is easy to fill out. It asks you to provide as much identifying …
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A group of Texas State student veterans recently gathered to celebrate the launch of the Journal of Interactive Veteran Experiences (JIVE)! This innovative digital journal shares the stories and experiences of the student veterans through an interactive immersive storytelling platform. The event highlighted student veteran and military-connected authors in the newly opened ALIAS Virtual Production Studio. …
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Hey Bobcats! We’ve made it easier than ever to print the documents you create or need for your classes and to manage your printing account. You simply Send&Print! Here are questions & answers to tell you how it works: Do I have to pay for my printed pages? Students begin each semester with a $25 …
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Library patrons at Texas State use the Start Your Research search tool on the University Libraries website an average of 84,000 times a month during the fall and spring semesters. On the surface, it seems like a simple tool, but behind the scenes there is a complex web of systems and administrators that work together …
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Completing those theses, dissertations, and capstone projects is a monumental achievement for masters and doctoral students. These academic projects not only demonstrate student mastery of the research process and of the topic of their work, they also contribute to the greater body of research advancing scholarly exploration of their findings. Today’s Texas State students ensure …
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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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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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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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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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Podcasting is one of the most popular activities in Alkek One, the Alkek Library’s first floor creative technology hub. Students, faculty, and staff use the two YouStar Audio Studios to create and record their programs covering a variety of topics. The latest of these efforts is a student-led podcast program that will debut on the …
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