Events

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Want to know more about what the library has to offer you? Stop by Alkek 440 for a pop-in tour of the Alkek Library. We'll begin with a 20-minute website overview where we'll show you how to locate and use the various online resources, followed by a building tour that will last 30 minutes. Participants can stay for one or both parts of the tour. 

Catch an open mic performance in the Wittliff Collections on the first Tuesday of each month! Instruments and microphones from ALIAS Audio and Music Production (AMP) Studios will be moved into the Wittliff Collections on the 7th floor of Alkek Library for students to play. Come listen to tunes while you browse the collections, or sign up to perform here. All skillsets are welcome at this inclusive event. 

Join us for an open house in our Special Collections Reading Room and explore our unique holdings.

Thinking about authoring or adapting an open textbook or open materials for your course? Come one and all to this online workshop on Pressbooks, a digital publishing platform for just that! We will provide an introduction to Pressbooks, highlight examples of different types of open textbooks made with the platform, and offer a brief overview of how to use the platform and sign up for a Pressbooks account at TXST.

Join Special Collections & Archives for a reading room tour. Participants will meet on the 2nd floor of Alkek Library in the Open Theatre.

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Want to know more about what the library has to offer you? Stop by Alkek 440 for a pop-in tour of the Alkek Library. We'll begin with a 20-minute website overview where we'll show you how to locate and use the various online resources, followed by a building tour that will last 30 minutes. Participants can stay for one or both parts of the tour. 

The world of scholarly publishing is changing and evolving in many directions. This workshop is designed to help authors find and use the library and other tools to navigate the complex publishing landscape. Topics covered in the workshop include:

• Understanding open access journal options
• Learning to evaluate journals
• Identifying and avoiding “predatory publishers”
• Determining the right publication for your work

Presented by Margaret Vaverek, Service Engagement Librarian, University Libraries

Register today!

Learn how to prepare for a shoot, effectively use a camera, utilize lighting equipment and techniques, capture clear audio, and learn best practices for filming on an LED volume. Students will learn these practices in a classroom setting and then spend the second half of the workshop in the Virtual Production studio using these skills hands on. No prior experience necessary.

Part 1 Pre-Production and Composition will cover the following: Screenplays, Scripts, Storyboards, Shotlist, Shot Composition, Camera Movements, The Rule of Thirds, The 180 Degree Rule, and a brief introduction to the ALIAS Virtual Production Studio and the studio equipment.

The class will meet twice a week for two weeks. You must attend all four sessions to earn the micro-credential.

Part 1: Pre-Production and Composition - 10/13/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 2: Cinema Cameras and Lighting - 10/15/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 3: Audio Capture and Virtual Production - 10/20/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 4: Mock Virtual Production Shoot - 10/22/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a micro-credential badge in Canvas.

Join special collections and archives and learn about primary resources and how they play a role in your next assignment.

Be sure to join us in Alkek 441-442 for one of our most popular events: Alkek After Dark Game Night! We'll have board and card games, food, and fun! Meet new friends and or bring one. Come by between 5 and 10 p.m. It's always a good time!

Learn how to prepare for a shoot, effectively use a camera, utilize lighting equipment and techniques, capture clear audio, and learn best practices for filming on an LED volume. Students will learn these practices in a classroom setting and then spend the second half of the workshop in the Virtual Production studio using these skills hands on. No prior experience necessary.

Part 2 Cinema Cameras and Lighting will cover the following: Exposure, Camera Settings, Exposure Triangle, Lighting, Color Correction/Grading

The class will meet twice a week for two weeks. You must attend all four sessions to earn the micro-credential.

Part 1: Pre-Production and Composition - 10/13/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 2: Cinema Cameras and Lighting - 10/15/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 3: Audio Capture and Virtual Production - 10/20/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 4: Mock Virtual Production Shoot - 10/22/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a micro-credential badge in Canvas.

Ever wondered what archivists do and why their work matters? Join experts from Special Collections and Archives and The Wittliff Collections for an insider panel and live Q&A. 

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Want to know more about what the library has to offer you? Stop by Alkek 440 for a pop-in tour of the Alkek Library. We'll begin with a 20-minute website overview where we'll show you how to locate and use the various online resources, followed by a building tour that will last 30 minutes. Participants can stay for one or both parts of the tour. 

How we create, share, and access knowledge shapes who can participate in research and who benefits from it. In recognition of International Open Access Week 2026 and the theme “The Cost of Knowledge,” this workshop explores how open research practices can help create a more accessible, equitable, and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem.

Participants will receive an introduction to Open Science and explore practical tools and strategies for sharing research more openly, including creating and using an ORCID iD, publishing and preserving scholarship through the Institutional Repository, and sharing research data through trusted repositories. Attendees will learn how these practices increase research visibility, support collaboration, and help researchers retain greater control over how their work is discovered and used.

Learn how to prepare for a shoot, effectively use a camera, utilize lighting equipment and techniques, capture clear audio, and learn best practices for filming on an LED volume. Students will learn these practices in a classroom setting and then spend the second half of the workshop in the Virtual Production studio using these skills hands on. No prior experience necessary.

Part 3 Audio Capture and Virtual Production will cover the following: Audio equipment, audio balancing and syncing, the benefits/limitations of filming in a studio, genlock, moire, lighting for virtual production, and hands on practice in the studio.

The class will meet twice a week for two weeks. You must attend all four sessions to earn the micro-credential.

Part 1: Pre-Production and Composition - 10/13/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 2: Cinema Cameras and Lighting - 10/15/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 3: Audio Capture and Virtual Production - 10/20/2026 - 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 4: Mock Virtual Production Shoot - 10/22/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a micro-credential badge in Canvas.

Did you know there are ways to use generative AI for research topic help? Join University Libraries librarians as we help you navigate Microsoft CoPilot and Gemini for topic development for your research assignments. We will guide you through Single Sign-On (SSO) for these platforms and walk you through basic use that treats genAI like a research assistant.

Celebrate Open Access Week! Come to the Finding & Using Images and Media: An Introduction to Creative Commons workshop to learn about copyright and openly licensed creative content, and how to find and use openly licensed images, music, and video and other open access content. Learn how to properly give credit or attribution to copyrighted or open access content and how to give your scholarly work, creations, and designs a Creative Commons license. Presentation tips and tech tools that can make your presentations and publications more professional and visually interesting will also be briefly covered. For faculty research, teaching, and presentation purposes and for student research and presentation purposes. Activities will be included. You can use the Canvas course to go along with this workshop if you would like:  canvas.txstate.edu… This session is online to be more accessible and flexible. 

Dive into the world of open data: learn what it is, where it lives, and how to use it.

Learn how to prepare for a shoot, effectively use a camera, utilize lighting equipment and techniques, capture clear audio, and learn best practices for filming on an LED volume. Students will learn these practices in a classroom setting and then spend the second half of the workshop in the Virtual Production studio using these skills hands on. No prior experience necessary.

Part 3 Audio Capture and Virtual Production will cover the following: Audio equipment, audio balancing and syncing, the benefits/limitations of filming in a studio, genlock, moire, lighting for virtual production, and hands on practice in the studio.

The class will meet twice a week for two weeks. You must attend all four sessions to earn the micro-credential.

Part 1: Pre-Production and Composition - 10/13/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 2: Cinema Cameras and Lighting - 10/16/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 3: Audio Capture and Virtual Production - 10/20/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 4: Mock Virtual Production Shoot - 10/22/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a micro-credential badge in Canvas.

Do you love Chess? Do you really love Chess? You are in luck, the RRC Library is offering an additional opportunity to play Chess! 

Discover the value of open data in research, teaching, and innovation. This session will introduce open data principles, highlight available data resources, and provide a preview of the upcoming TXST Open Datathon, including opportunities to collaborate, learn, and apply data skills to real-world challenges.

Please read more at TXST Open Datathon homepage.

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Want to know more about what the library has to offer you? Stop by Alkek 440 for a pop-in tour of the Alkek Library. We'll begin with a 20-minute website overview where we'll show you how to locate and use the various online resources, followed by a building tour that will last 30 minutes. Participants can stay for one or both parts of the tour. 

Did you know there are ways to use generative AI for research topic help? Join University Libraries librarians as we help you navigate Microsoft CoPilot and Gemini for topic development for your research assignments. We will guide you through Single Sign-on (SSO) for these platforms and walk you through basic use that treats genAI like a research assistant.

Explore the digital history of TXST without leaving your desk! Join our archivists on Zoom for a virtual tour to highlight our online collections, a sneak peek at upcoming additions to our digital collections platform, and a live look into how collections are brought online. 

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Learn how to prepare for a shoot, effectively use a camera, utilize lighting equipment and techniques, capture clear audio, and learn best practices for filming on an LED volume. Students will learn these practices in a classroom setting and then spend the second half of the workshop in the Virtual Production studio using these skills hands on. No prior experience necessary.

Part 1 Pre-Production and Composition will cover the following: Screenplays, Scripts, Storyboards, Shotlist, Shot Composition, Camera Movements, The Rule of Thirds, The 180 Degree Rule, and a brief introduction to the ALIAS Virtual Production Studio and the studio equipment.

The class will meet twice a week for two weeks. You must attend all four sessions to earn the micro-credential.

Part 1: Pre-Production and Composition - 11/02/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 2: Cinema Cameras and Lighting - 11/04/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 3: Audio Capture and Virtual Production - 11/09/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 4: Mock Virtual Production Shoot - 11/11/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Catch an open mic performance in the Wittliff Collections on the first Tuesday of each month! Instruments and microphones from ALIAS Audio and Music Production (AMP) Studios will be moved into the Wittliff Collections on the 7th floor of Alkek Library for students to play. Come listen to tunes while you browse the collections, or sign up to perform here. All skillsets are welcome at this inclusive event. 

Oyez! Oyez! Come one and all to this online OER skills workshop for explanations and examples of resources you can implement to improve your OER project or introduce more open content into your teaching materials - all while staying organized. While presenting a basic structure and workflow for OER projects, this workshop will elucidate common areas of concern, such as designing for accessibility, finding openly licensed media, tracking and attributing media (e.g., TASL), using AI, and much more!

Learn how to prepare for a shoot, effectively use a camera, utilize lighting equipment and techniques, capture clear audio, and learn best practices for filming on an LED volume. Students will learn these practices in a classroom setting and then spend the second half of the workshop in the Virtual Production studio using these skills hands on. No prior experience necessary.

Part 2 Cinema Cameras and Lighting will cover the following: Exposure, Camera Settings, Exposure Triangle, Lighting, Color Correction/Grading

The class will meet twice a week for two weeks. You must attend all four sessions to earn the micro-credential.

Part 1: Pre-Production and Composition - 11/02/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 2: Cinema Cameras and Lighting - 11/04/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 3: Audio Capture and Virtual Production - 11/09/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - Classroom ALK139

Part 4: Mock Virtual Production Shoot - 11/11/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a micro-credential badge in Canvas.

Do you love Chess? Do you really love Chess? You are in luck, the RRC Library is offering an additional opportunity to play Chess! 

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Learn how to prepare for a shoot, effectively use a camera, utilize lighting equipment and techniques, capture clear audio, and learn best practices for filming on an LED volume. Students will learn these practices in a classroom setting and then spend the second half of the workshop in the Virtual Production studio using these skills hands on. No prior experience necessary.

Part 3 Audio Capture and Virtual Production will cover the following: Audio equipment, audio balancing and syncing, the benefits/limitations of filming in a studio, genlock, moire, lighting for virtual production, and hands on practice in the studio.

The class will meet twice a week for two weeks. You must attend all four sessions to earn the micro-credential.

Part 1: Pre-Production and Composition - 11/02/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 2: Cinema Cameras and Lighting - 11/04/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 3: Audio Capture and Virtual Production - 11/09/2026 - 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 4: Mock Virtual Production Shoot - 11/11/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a micro-credential badge in Canvas.

Learn how to prepare for a shoot, effectively use a camera, utilize lighting equipment and techniques, capture clear audio, and learn best practices for filming on an LED volume. Students will learn these practices in a classroom setting and then spend the second half of the workshop in the Virtual Production studio using these skills hands on. No prior experience necessary.

Part 3 Audio Capture and Virtual Production will cover the following: Audio equipment, audio balancing and syncing, the benefits/limitations of filming in a studio, genlock, moire, lighting for virtual production, and hands on practice in the studio.

The class will meet twice a week for two weeks. You must attend all four sessions to earn the micro-credential.

Part 1: Pre-Production and Composition - 11/02/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 2: Cinema Cameras and Lighting - 11/04/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 3: Audio Capture and Virtual Production - 11/09/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Part 4: Mock Virtual Production Shoot - 11/11/2026 2:00pm-4:00pm - ALK139

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a micro-credential badge in Canvas.

Get ready to have a whole team rooting for you—Librarians, Research Coaches, SLAC, and the Writing Center. Plus, enjoy a little fuel to keep you going (coffee & donuts).

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

At this workshop, one of the librarians of research, will cover search tips that can help when searching library databases. No matter what discipline you’re in, these search tips will help you conduct more effective searches. The workshop will also cover related library services and resources, as well as citation management tools & software that you can consider incorporating into your research to help keep you organized.

Presented by Sam Marsh, Research Librarian, University Libraries

Register today!

Curious about AI use in the research process? This workshop introduces AI literacy concepts, strategies, and tools. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how they can use AI responsibly and save time during their next research project.

Presented by Audrey Stewart, Assistant Director of Information Literacy and Instruction, University Libraries &
Sam Marsh, Research Librarian, University Libraries

Register today!

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Catch an open mic performance in the Wittliff Collections on the first Tuesday of each month! Instruments and microphones from ALIAS Audio and Music Production (AMP) Studios will be moved into the Wittliff Collections on the 7th floor of Alkek Library for students to play. Come listen to tunes while you browse the collections, or sign up to perform here. All skillsets are welcome at this inclusive event. 

Take a break before finals and get creative with University Libraries! Enjoy a variety of relaxing, low-tech crafts including holiday cards, zines, collages, light sewing projects, and coloring pages, bookmarks, and postcards. Other simple craft options will be available to spark your creativity and help you destress. This is a drop-in, come-and-go style program—stay as long as you like! The event will be hosted on the 2nd floor of Alkek next to the Open Theater. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome.

This is an in-person session of the Basics of Records Management course, a foundational training designed to inform faculty and staff about records management best practices throughout the records lifecycle. Whether you work with digital files, paper documents, or email, this course will guide you through university policies and records management resources that support compliance, efficiency, and accountability in all record keeping activities.

Join the University Writing Center and Research Librarians for expert support with brainstorming, revisions, citations, and more—no appointment needed!

Get help with:
✅ Brainstorming & Outlining
✅ Revising & Organizing Your Ideas
✅ Citation & Formatting Questions
✅ Any Writing Project for Any TXST Student!
🚨 In-person only

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu at least 72 hours in advance of the event.