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Behind the scenes at UTA Libraries, small details can shape big outcomes. Gina Garcia, Executive Administrative Assistant to Dean of Libraries John Wang, provides scheduling, communication, and…

MavsDay is UTA’s annual day of giving. It brings together alums, faculty, staff, and students to support programs that directly impact student success. At UTA Libraries, that support helps provide…

At UTA Libraries, some of the most meaningful learning moments don't start with a lecture; they start with a question, a set of materials, and a group of students working through ideas together.…

What’s it like being a student worker at UTA Libraries? Of course, our students help patrons, but that’s not all, they're also busy designing a board game that blends fun, strategy and real-world…

When Dr. Doug Stark, assistant professor of English at UTA, walks into class, his students might not open a textbook first. Instead, they might pick up a controller. That moment, with…

There’s a different kind of learning that happens when students can step out of the classroom and into an experience, when something you’ve read about becomes something they can actually do,…

Some of the most meaningful research projects at UTA Libraries start with a simple partnership. Maybe a faculty member has a question they want to explore. Librarians bring the tools,…

At UTA Libraries, we talk a lot about access, but what does that really mean for our students? Sometimes, it looks like a student opening their course materials on the very first day of class…

Alex Patrón still remembers the first time he walked into the UTA Central Library’s FabLab makerspace. He carried a notebook, a few pencils and a lot of curiosity, but he didn’t yet know what he…

Ryan Short didn’t expect a campus job to become one of the most meaningful parts of his college experience. But at UTA Libraries, what started as leading Dungeons & Dragons games has grown…

At UTA Libraries, student employees do more than keep the place running. They shape the spaces where students study, explore and feel at home.  Andy Lodato, a student lead on The Basement’s…

Do you want to help students succeed in earning a degree, give researchers the funding to make breakthroughs, or lower the cost of textbooks for entire classes? Your donation on MavsDay makes that…