Events

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. 

Part 1 of our Video Editing Series! 
Learn to edit video and audio, including: making cuts, generating graphics, replacing a green screen, and enhancing audio quality in Premiere Pro. No experience required for this immersive workshop!

In part one of this series you will learn the basics of Premiere Pro. You will make cuts and replace a green screen. 

Persistent identifiers (PIDs) help ensure that researchers, their work, and research outputs can be accurately identified, connected, and discovered. This introductory workshop provides an overview of two of the most widely used persistent identifiers: ORCID iDs for researchers and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for scholarly works and other research outputs. Participants will learn what ORCID iDs and DOIs are, why they matter for research visibility and attribution, and how they support publishing, funding, data sharing, and long-term scholarly communication. Assistant Director for Research and Data Services Alexa Hight will also demonstrate how to create and maintain an ORCID iD and explain how DOIs are assigned and used to make research more discoverable and citable.

This is a hybrid workshop. Those who wish to attend in person should RSVP to this event.

Those who wish to attend online should use this Zoom link: https://txstate.zoom.us/j/87230509545?pwd=lAgeQhJgl5cbWxA3bo42EZeKT0WaNl.1

Meeting ID: 872 3050 9545

Passcode: 137948

Graduate school is time-consuming, and balancing academic, work, and personal life is challenging. This session will provide attendees with tips and techniques for evaluating and managing their time and attention. Students will learn mindful productivity strategies to increase time for deep work and reduce stress and overwhelm. Both print and digital tools will be introduced.

Presented by Donna Dean, Research Coaching Coordinator, University Libraries

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Part 2 of our Video Editing Series!

Learn to edit video and audio, including: making cuts, generating graphics, replacing a green screen, and enhancing audio quality in Premiere Pro. No experience required for this immersive workshop!

In part two of this series you will learn the basics of adding and editing graphics in Premiere Pro. 

Sound data management practices can ensure long-term usability of your data, increase your productivity, and promote collaboration. Learning and adapting a few good habits can go a long way in managing your data. In this webinar, you’ll be introduced to tips for managing data, resources through Texas State University, as well as best practices for workflows, file management, documentation, storage, and preservation. This workshop is helpful for researchers in any discipline and stage in their career. Attendees currently planning or conducting research will benefit most from this workshop.

Presented by Xuan Zhou, Data Curation Specialist, University Libraries

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Come hear from librarians and specialists about what it is like to work at a university library.

Part 3 of our Video Editing Series! 

Learn to edit video and audio, including: making cuts, generating graphics, replacing a green screen, and enhancing audio quality in Premiere Pro and Bandlab. No experience required for this immersive workshop!

In part three of this series you will learn the basics of audio editing in Premiere Pro and Bandlab. You will learn how to make audio sound better and even make your own song! 

Open access increases the visibility, accessibility, and impact of scholarly research by making it freely available to readers around the world. This introductory workshop for faculty and graduate students provides an overview of open access publishing, author rights, and the benefits of sharing research openly. Participants will also learn how the TXST Digital Repository can be used to preserve and showcase articles, theses, dissertations, datasets, presentations, and other scholarly and creative works, helping to increase their reach and long-term accessibility.

This is a hybrid workshop. Those who wish to attend in person should RSVP to this event post.

Those who want to attend online should use this Zoom link: 

Learn the secrets of successful graduate students. In just one hour, you will understand advanced search queries, effective research, database tricks, and library services you never knew existed.

This workshop covers finding unique databases, identifying important articles through citation analysis, using citation management tools, exploring a topic with knowledge graphs, and locating opportunities for publishing your scholarship and building your research identity.

Presented by: Donna Dean, Research Coaching Coordinator, University Libraries

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Join our digitization librarians and learn about how physical materials end up online!

Come hear from librarians and specialists about what it is like to work at a university library

Learn how to use Autodesk Revit for making 2D and 3D designs of buildings. Basic tools and skills will be covered including drawing 2D floor plans, sections, elevations, detail drawings with annotations, as well as creating 3D floor plans and 3D renderings. This event is in person for hands on assistance if needed. Revit is available on the workstations in the schduled room for this 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. 

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

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

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

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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!

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.

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.

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.

Join librarians for an overview of TXST enterprise genAI tools and how to develop a research topic for that next assignment.

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. 

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).

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

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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

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 in Cats Creative Corner, located 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.