Events

Join the University Libraries and Research Development for in-person office hours dedicated to helping you make the most of Pivot-RP. Bring your questions and get hands-on support with finding funding opportunities, creating or refining your Pivot-RP profile, setting up funding alerts, or exploring potential collaborators. Whether you attended the introductory workshop or are just getting started, this is a chance to receive one-on-one guidance tailored to your research goals.

These drop-in hours are open to faculty, graduate students, and research staff at all levels of experience.

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Need Writing Help? 

Every Friday from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, two of our University Writing Center consultants will be on the 3rd Floor of Alkek Library alongside the Research Coaches for walk-up writing consultations—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—no Zoom appointments on Fridays.

Stop by and let's tackle your writing together! 🐾

If you require accommodations due to a disability, please contact our office 72 hours in advance at 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu.

Ever get lost trying to keep track of notes, projects, and readings? Need a place to store all that info, add notes and ideas, and access it later? Notion is a great tool to do this, and in this workshop, we’ll specifically talk about ways to use it for organizing your graduate work.

This workshop introduces using Notion as a project management and note taking tool for graduate students. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how Notion works, how they can leverage the tool for their graduate work, and will be provided a variety of templates to start from.

Presented by Henna Punjabi, Instructional Design Specialist, University Libraries

Are you tired of grading a stack of research papers that were obviously written the night before they were due? In that case, consider scaffolding your research assignments! Using scaffolding, in addition to tutorials covering library resources, you can better support your students throughout the research process and hopefully reduce your grading burden at the end of the semester.

A beginner friendly workshop creating a robotic arm using Blender 3D.
NOTE: Workshop is 2 hours for 4 days. The following dates are November 11, 13, 18 and 20 from 2-4 pm. You must attend all 4 sessions for your micro-credential.
This NASA Badged workshop is introductory-level 3D modeling, unwrapping, rigging, and animation using Blender. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio works closely with scientists to create visualizations, animations, and images that promote a greater understanding of Earth and Space Science research activities: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov.

DISCLAIMER: Previous experience with ArcGIS is strongly recommended.

The third installment of our GIS workshop series involves deep diving into some of ArcGIS Pro's spatial analysis capabilities. We will go over some theoretical background of spatial analysis and then demonstrate the usage of basic tools such as clip, dissolve, and spatial join. Some experience or familiarity with ArcGIS is recommended; if not, we recommend you take our Intro to GIS workshop first.

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In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to create a variety of data visualizations using the powerful ggplot package in R. By the end of the session, you will be able to produce scatter plots, boxplots, and barplots, set universal plot settings, and apply faceting to efficiently display data subsets. Additionally, you will explore how to modify plot aesthetics, such as axis labels and colors, and build complex, customized plots from data in a data frame. This workshop is ideal for beginners looking to enhance their data visualization skills in R. 

Pre-Workshop Preparations:
Download and install the latest version of R: https://www.r-project.org/
Download and install RStudio: https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download
Download the provided dataset from the Workshop materials section at the bottom of this page.

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Need Writing Help? 

Every Friday from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM, two of our University Writing Center consultants will be on the 3rd Floor of Alkek Library alongside the Research Coaches for walk-up writing consultations—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—no Zoom appointments on Fridays.

Stop by and let's tackle your writing together! 🐾

If you require accommodations due to a disability, please contact our office 72 hours in advance at 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu.

Most funding agencies or other research supporters require a data management plan. If they fund your research, the data from that research must be FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Data Curation Specialist Dr. Xuan Zhou will explain how important it is to have a plan for managing your data! We will explore the basic principles of research data management and data management planning tools. Participants will learn about the support and guidance that is available to them in addition to how to use the DMPTool to develop and maintain a data management plan.

This workshop covers the basics of the Open ecosystem! We’ll touch on everything open – from Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy to Open Access and Open Publishing. We’ll also look at resources here at Texas State that support you in these areas and how to begin looking for resources on your own.  

Presented by Isabelle Antes, Open Educational Resources Librarian, University Libraries

Don't put off that work any longer, join us for our long night event where we tackle those projects and papers and prep for final exams. We'll have coffee, donuts, and snacks while supplies last. Librarians, staff from the Writing Center, and other study support will be available to assist students.

Need Writing Help? 

Every Friday from 10 AM – 12 PM, two of our University Writing Center consultants will be on the 3rd Floor of Alkek Library alongside the Research Coaches for walk-up writing consultations—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—no Zoom appointments on Fridays.

Stop by and let's tackle your writing together! 🐾

If you require accommodations due to a disability, please contact our office 72 hours in advance at 512-245-3018 or writingctr@txstate.edu.

The final installation of our GIS workshop series will touch on how to create a simple, interactive, and easy-to-use web application using Experience Builder. No coding needed! We will show you how to use published maps from ArcGIS Online to create a fully interactive experience that can be adapted for any application, how to set themes, and how to add different widgets and functionalities to your app. Some previous experience with ArcGIS is highly recommended but not required. 

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Join us for a Lunchtime Learning Workshop on OER content—details coming soon!

Come learn about the many options for library and information literacy instruction. This session will define information literacy core concepts, and identify challenges that faculty may face when trying to incorporate concepts into their courses. Librarians want to hit the ground running with first year students. Hear from FYE Librarian, Taylor Glover, to see how we are meeting this challenge.

Join us for a Lunchtime Learning Workshop on OER content—details coming soon!"

Join us for a Lunchtime Learning Workshop on OER content—details coming soon!"

University Libraries negotiates with vendors to provide scholarly resources that are accessible to everyone. Stephanie Towery, Head of Scholarly Resources, will show you where to find various features in different platforms and involving different media. She will also cover the basic requirements for accessibility due in April 2026 and steps you can take to make sure your course content is accessible. 

Get an introduction to Creative Commons, copyright, and openly licensed creative content. Learn how to find and use openly licensed images, music, video and other open access content. We will talk about 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. 

Join us for a Lunchtime Learning Workshop on OER content—details coming soon!

Join us for a basic overview of copyright from the perspective of faculty who are creating work and using work of others. Director of Scholarly Resources, Stephanie Towery, will share her extensive copyright knowledge including the intersection of AI and copyright. 

Dive into an open citation tool to manage your research. Online Learning Specialist Henna Punjabi will share their experience using Zotero for saving articles, adding notes, and organizing research into folders. Participants will also learn how to integrate Zotero into Microsoft Word and Google Docs for cite-as-you-write convenience! 

Generative AI is quickly becoming part of the research process. Come explore concepts, tools, and opportunities to teach students how to think critically about information discovery and creation.  

Join us for a brief overview on GIS, geospatial data, and how you can incorporate spatial data into your projects. We will talk about highly relevant topics such as where to find geospatial data, what you can do with it, and how you can publish a custom web map online!