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Even the ghosts know the best place to spend Halloween is in the Libraries!🎃

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This Grad Workshop session offers a foundational overview of scholarly publishing and copyright! It will address key copyright considerations, including fair use, licensing options, and how to ethically reuse scholarly work.

🔗 https://t.co/gDNNrUrQA1

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Join us TONIGHT for a world premiere of a composition by a K-State composer, Laurel Littrell, commissioned to commemorate the library's centennial! Performers include Jiwon Choi, David Littrell, & more!🎶

🔗Get your tickets: https://t.co/BQp4JVREu8

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The Sunderland Foundation Innovation Lab offers K-State students, faculty, and the community the opportunity to unleash their imagination and use the latest innovative technologies!⚙️🛠️🧵

#KStateLibraries #InnovationLab

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Last Friday, we kicked off celebrating Farrell Library's 100th year at the Homecoming Parade! And, of course, what better way to celebrate than with Dean James popping out of a cake?🍰

#KStateLibraries #FarrellLibraryCentennial #KStateHomecoming

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Thinking about starting a systematic, scoping or mapping review? This workshop provides an introduction on how to plan, execute, and document your literature search using methodological and reporting guidelines!✏️

🔗 https://t.co/jCGgxoqaB3

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Want to hear some amazing live music? Join us on October 23rd for a world premiere of a composition by a K-State composer, Laurel Littrell, commissioned to commemorate the library's centennial! Performers include Jiwon Choi, David Littrell, & more!🎶

🔗 https://t.co/BQp4JVREu8

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October is American Archives Month! Archives are important in knowing & immersing into the past! Here at K-State, Archives & Special Collections categorize the archives into 4 collecting areas:

📜K-State History
🍽️Cookery
🌾Kansas Agriculture & Rural Life
🪙The Consumer Movement

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Can literature reviews be fun? With AI tools such as Consensus, the answer is yes! In this workshop, you will learn how to augment traditional discovery methods by finding articles based on similarity & extracting information of interest.   

🔗 https://t.co/hB39FB8nwS

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Happy Wildcat Pause Day! Make sure you take some time to do something for yourself and get some rest!

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October is National Arts and Humanities Month! Last week, Dean Wiser joined fellow Humanities Kansas board members in meeting with Governor Kelly to discuss the value and importance of the arts and humanities across Kansas. 📚

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Join us TODAY for the Community Safety Talk about vehicle preventative maintenance and the cost of ownership. Participants will learn how to do maintenance checks and have the opportunity to ask questions about their automobiles!⚙️

🔗 https://t.co/jTw9664UQF

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It’s Banned Books Week! 📖 With 2025 seeing the second-highest number of book challenges ever recorded, join us in celebrating the freedom to read. Stop by the 2nd floor “living room” in Hale Library from 12:30–1:30 p.m. Oct. 5–8 to read from a banned book or just come & listen!

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In this session, our guest presenter from IT will provide an orientation to K-State's EDTR templates and teach key tips and skills, including how to use the template and resources to create and complete your submission documents!

🔗 https://t.co/caKUDv7IL5

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Congrats to Logan Forssberg, our Student Employee of the Month!

When Logan started as a Peer Advisor, he immediately stepped up to the plate, helping out wherever he's needed. During his time here, he has taken the lead on projects in data analytics, materials creation, & more!

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Do you know how much your vehicle is really costing you? This Community Safety Talk will take a closer look at the cost of vehicle ownership and provide helpful steps and preventive maintenance to manage those costs.🚗

🔗 https://t.co/jTw9664UQF

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Are you preparing a literature review for a paper, article, or thesis? Learn how to use K-State Libraries' databases to select articles, how to evaluate the articles and how to organize the review!📝

🔗 https://t.co/0LKhBljxDt

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Join us TODAY for the next Community Safety Talk, all about safety while traveling internationally! You'll also learn about special considerations depending on your destination, as well as what resources are available to you!

🔗 https://t.co/KuZkNZi5eL

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Happy First Day of Fall, 'Cats!🍂

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Citations and references, while essential to research and publishing, also consume a lot of valuable time! This hands-on workshop will focus on Zotero, a free, open-source reference manager used to collect, organize, annotate, & cite research sources.

🔗 https://t.co/JNkNKBRqJ8