Tarleton Libraries

Big goals need great spaces. Find yours at Rickett Library. 📚 Five private study rooms (including with a green screen). ❌No reservations needed!

Library Ins & Outs: 2026 Edition ➡️IN: Cozy study spaces & community vibes ❌OUT: Thinking the Tarleton State Libraries are just for books

Stop by the Dick Smith Library Commons tonight from 5:30pm-7:30pm for our Magic: The Gathering Game Night! Build a deck, face-off against other players, and trade cards with other participants! All experience levels welcome.

💻AI is changing how we learn. Let’s talk about it. Join the Rickett Library to explore generative AI in academia. 🕐 TODAY! Thursday, 1/29, 1 pm-2 pm 📍CAB 228 (2nd floor computer lab) or Zoom: bit.ly/4qxO8VA calendar.tarleton.edu/library/event/…

We hope you are all staying safe and warm, Texans! ☃️ Services at the Dick Smith Library will be available from 10am-6pm on Wednesday 1/28. Rickett Library will remain closed. #TarletonStateUniversity #TarletonLibraries

The library is open and has games available so you have a warm place to gather and be with friends! Library services are available until 6 p.m. tonight!

Due to Inclement Weather, the Libraries will have ALTERNATE hours Sun. – Mon., January 25-26. Dick Smith Library services will be open 10am-6pm daily. Stop by to play a game with friends! Rickett Library will be closed.

Due to Inclement Weather, the Libraries will have ALTERNATE hours Sat. – Mon., January 24-26. Dick Smith Library services will be open 10am-6pm daily. You can keep warm and play a game with friends! Rickett Library will be closed.

Interested in learning how to play Magic: The Gathering or want to meet people to play with? Join us next Thursday in the Dick Smith Library Commons from 5:30pm-7:30pm for our Game Night! Build a deck and learn how to play, or show off your skills if you're an experience player!

The libraries will have reduced hours for the MLK holiday! Stephenville: Monday, Jan. 19, The Trogdon House entrance & library services will be open 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Fort Worth: Rickett Library will be closed today.

Interested in joining a book club, but worry that it'll be to restrictive? Try the Dick Smith Library's No-Stress Book Club where we suggest a genre and you pick what to read! Next month we'll be reading Mysteries/Thrillers. Join us Tuesday 2/17 at 6pm in the Multipurpose Room!

The libraries will have reduced hours for the MLK holiday weekend! Stephenville: Sunday, Jan. 18 and Monday, Jan. 19, The Trogdon House entrance & library services will be open 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Fort Worth: Rickett Library will be closed both days.

Don't forget to stop by the Dick Smith Library Learning Commons from 5:00-8:00 tonight to play games and make friends at our Game Night Mixer!

🧶🧵 The next Dick Smith Library Fiber Arts meeting is happening Monday January 26th! We'll be in the Multi-Purpose Room 6pm-8pm. Whether you're into knitting, crochet, embroidery, or something else, bring your current project, have fun, and maybe learn something new!

Looking to learn a new skill for your New Year's resolution? Check out our display of books on drawing in the library!

Are you new to campus or looking to make some new friends? Stop by the Dick Smith Library Learning Commons next Thursday for a Game Night Mixer! We'll have popcorn and an assortment of board games to enjoy!

Tarleton State University Libraries will have special hours Jan. 5-11th. Dick Smith Library: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Mon. - Fri., closed on the weekend. Rickett Library: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon. - Fri., closed on the weekend. Regular semester hours begin Jan. 12th.

The libraries may be closed, but we're wishing everyone a happy holiday! Enjoy your time off and we'll see you next year!

❄️Holiday break hours alert❄️ 📆 Closed: Dec 24–Jan 4 📚 Reopen: Jan 5 Rest up, recharge, and we’ll see you soon! #TarletonState #BleedPurple💜

Thanks to all the folks who stopped by and made an ornament for our Community Tree this season! We loved to see your creativity! 🎄