Celebrating 250 Years: Explore Texas America250 at Dick Smith Library
This summer marks a historic milestone as the United States celebrates 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In honor of this momentous anniversary, the Dick Smith Library invites the community to experience a new temporary exhibit, Texas America250, on loan from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC). Featuring historically…
Can you solve the mystery?
One of the Dick Smith Library’s newest programs, taking place between now and the end of April 15th, is an immersive little murder mystery that can be tackled either solo or with friends. The setup: a murder has been committed at the Dick Smith Library. The Dean of the Tarleton State Universities’ Libraries was found…
Turn Your Phone Into a Library with Libby!
Nothing good to stream? Feeling burned out on scholarly articles and textbooks? Or maybe you just need an audiobook for your next long drive?Try Libby! Libby is a free app that lets you access many of the library’s eBooks and audiobooks right on your own device. Most of the library’s non-academic materials can be found…
Do You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
Be honest. When you walk through the doors of the Dick Smith Library, what’s the first thing that catches your eyes? Is it the cool artwork up the stairwell or archival display case of Mr. Dick Smith himself? Is it the amazing book displays with carefully chosen titles, or perhaps you gravitate to that one…
Tarleton Author Talk – Homicide in the Hood
Tarleton’s scholarly community is rich with unique perspectives and vibrant stories. The Friends of the Dick Smith Library are excited to host the Tarleton Author Talk series, which is an excellent opportunity for published authors to present their research and interact with Tarleton students and faculty about their book. The next featured author is Kelli…
The Easiest Book Club You’ll Ever Be Part Of
Do you love reading? Have you ever thought about joining a book club but then didn’t for whatever reason? Or maybe you did join, but you found you just couldn’t keep up with it. You couldn’t find the time to finish the selected books, or the group kept choosing books that didn’t appeal to you.…
Wading Through History: The Tarleton State University Archives
This past semester, we have had the opportunity to have an intern working in our archives, digitizing one of our most used collections, the University Photo Collection. Join her as she explains the mission of the archives and the process she followed in digitizing some of the collection. All of the images in this blog…
Classic Movies and Copyright
What Happened? The Tarleton State University Dick Smith Library is hosting two Classic Movie Nights on October 30th and November 6th! We will enjoy two timeless films and plenty of popcorn. But before the popping started, we had to make sure we were not breaking any copyright laws. What is Copyright? Copyright is a law…
Welcome Home Texans!
The library is excited to welcome you all to the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Looking for a fun way to kick off the semester and explore everything the library has to offer? The Dick Smith Library invites you to take part in Clash of the Colleges, happening August 20–22 during regular library hours.…
Story Time at the Stephenville Public Library
Every summer for the past 9 years staff members from Tarleton’s Dick Smith Library have performed story time events at the Stephenville Public Library. We call our troupe the Dick Smith Players. What makes these events unique is we don’t just narrate stories, we act them out as well. For weeks before the event, we…
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