Albert B. Alkek Library - San Marcos, Texas

Lisa

Ich habe hier im Jahre 2013 ein Semester lang studiert. Ich bin von der Größe der Bibliothek beeindruckt. Es war eine sehr schöne Zeit.

MAFIA F.

Best place to study . Quiet, calm and relaxing. Can get all the stuff required. View from 7th floor is amazing.

Salman B. H.

One of the best places to study. Spacious and a great view of San Marcos.

The only negative feedback would be the air conditioning. It's a bit colder to my taste but it's purely a personal experience.

Wittliff C.

The Alkek is a world-class research library and the intellectual heart of campus. The Wittliff Collections, on the 7th floor, is a special collection focused on the writers, photographers and musicians of the Southwest. We encourage all to come see our exhibitions and research our archives.

Kay N.

This place used to be the best place to study and spend extended hours in.

Now, it’s disgusting. This place is going to only get worse and degrade faster because there is no professional upkeep. TXST needs to hire a team or hire a professional company to clean this place regularly.

Tables around the library are left unwiped and chairs/tables are never cleaned and reset anymore.

The bathrooms are not cleaned regularly. You can tell because everything is dirty and paper is everywhere.

The microwaves look like they haven’t been cleaned in months.

These days, I’d rather just go someplace else where the restroom is not a scary place to go and dirt isn’t left on tables for days/weeks.

Daniel N.

Nice place to study. I love this library structurally and architecturally, but there are some small gripes. First, there are conference rooms on the first floor with doors that close, but walls that leave space below the ceiling so you can hear very clearly what is beading said it if music is being played inside. Secondly, the public computers only have internet explorer and nothing else and one of the two didn't even work. Generally speaking, tough, it's a pretty nice place. I didn't get to check their book collection, as there bottom floor was only computers and the basement was just a lounge and bathrooms, but nice building.

Chloe K.

I booked a group study room online to find out later that the study room was only available for graduate students. I asked a staff member if she could let us in since no one else was using the room and she said no. Most likely because she did not want to get up from her chair. I do not see how this could affect her employment or conduct so I do not see a reason as to why she could not have let my roommate and I in. Then we proceeded to go to a double occupancy room and we were tattled on because MY ROOMMATE WHO I LIVE WITH AND I were studying together and being good students in a single occupancy, but formerly double occupancy room. The reason was that we could not socially distance in that room which makes absolutely no sense given that WE LIVE IN A TINY DORM TOGETHER AND CAN'T SOCIALLY DISTANCE THERE EITHER!!!! We were asked to leave the library for the rest of the day or further UNNECESSARY CONSEQUENCES would be put in place for us WHEN WE DID NOTHING WRONG. For this reason I am severely disappointed in Texas State University's policies and procedures as my roommate and I were just trying to be good students and use the premises in which WE HAVE PAID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HAVE ACCESS TO!

Raymond B.

Great place to study and relax. I print out all my homework here and have been to the little museum on the top floor. There isn't much of a museum but still a little cool thing to check out. They have a lot of useful resources and databases for students to use online for alkek so anyone reading this i would suggest utilizing them since they are free.

The only gripe I have about alkek is the stairs outside. There is so many steps and I'm sure yall know what i mean and those who don't yet then you soon will find out. Overall beautiful and useful library.