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15 minutes (Best for departmental meetings, intro sessions, etc)

50 (Best for workshops, Faculty Development, Grad College Shop Talks, etc)

In Person, San Marcos Campus

In Person, Round Rock Campus

Introduction to Open Scholarship & Research - (15 minutes, Presentation) Introduction to all things open scholarship that university libraries can partner with you on – from open science, open data, and finding open research.

Search Engine Optimization for Academics - (50 minutes, Workshop) Learn how to get your research to show up in search engines and discovery tools.

AI Tools for Lit Reviews - (50 minutes, Presentation) Literature Reviews are time consuming and often overwhelming, but new artificial intelligence (AI) tools can streamline the process. This workshop will introduce various tools for finding and evaluating sources, viewing connected citations through visual knowledge maps, and organizing your findings for pre-writing.

Introduction to Open Scholarship & Publishing - (15 minutes, Presentation) Introduction to all things open scholarship that university libraries can partner with you on – from open publishing, and publishing platforms available via partnership with the library.

Predatory journals – (50 minutes, Presentation) What to be aware of and how to avoid them.

Introduction to Open Education - (15 minutes, Presentation) Introduction to all things open education – from open pedagogy to digital learning objects and open educational resources!

Library Skills Buffet- (50 minutes, Presentation) Introduction to all the support, tools, and resources the library has to offer! From navigating Boolean and booking consultations to more tool specific components from TXST Google Scholar searching, Libkey Nomad and Browzine, to Zotero, and more!

Library Tools Speed Run - (15 minutes, Presentation) A Tool focused presentation that highlights a few things like TXST Google Scholar searching, Libkey Nomad, Browzine, Zotero, Browzine, ORCID, AI research assistance, data, and evaluating information.

Library Tools Deep Dive - (50 minutes, Interactive) Bring your ideas and to this tool focused interactive experience including the Library Tools Speed Run and time for deep dives into the topics brought to the session.

Finding Open Resources - (50 minutes, Interactive) Bring an idea or topic and learn how to start searching for the open resources to meet your needs!

Pressbooks Possibilities - (15 minutes, Presentation) Discover the variety of possibilities the Pressbooks platform has to offer! This demo includes an overview of the Pressbooks directory, a peek inside the platform, and a few highlighted integrations.

Pressbook Projects – (50 minutes, Interactive) Delve into using a Pressbooks for your project. This guided session allows you to bring your project from inception to pressbooks publication, and partner with from University Libraries for platform support.

Use Me! Finding Images and Other CC Content - (50 minutes, Presentation) Find content and images that you can legally use in your publications, presentations and instruction!

Intro to Open Knowledge Maps - (50 minutes, Presentation) Explore the largest visual search engine for research in the world. Learn to create knowledge maps of research topics in any discipline.