{"id":324448,"date":"2026-06-05T18:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/324448\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:23:09","slug":"texas-state-library-to-undergo-3-5-million-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/324448\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas State library to undergo $3.5 million renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis article is based on a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tdlr.texas.gov\/TABS\/Search\/Project\/TABS2026021464\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filing<\/a>. Community Impact will provide updates as more information is available.<\/p>\n<p>The Albert B. Alkek Library first opened on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txst.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas State University<\/a>\u2019s campus in 1990. Since its opening, the student body has nearly doubled. This summer, the building\u2019s sixth floor will undergo renovations to further expand its offerings.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 38,000 square feet of the library\u2019s sixth floor will undergo interior renovations. The scope of the work will include the construction of new staff offices and student group study support spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The $3.5 million renovation was slated to begin June 5 and be completed on Dec. 15, according to the filing.<\/p>\n<p>What they offer<\/p>\n<p>The Albert B. Alkek Library is a seven-story facility that provides high-quality services and information to patrons in a variety of formats, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.txst.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">university\u2019s website<\/a>. The library is a resource meant to support Texas State University\u2019s teaching and research programs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article is based on a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations filing. Community Impact will provide updates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[116007,116005,116004,132,134,133,1494,2420,5804,6743,6740,2428,116006,1049,516,1927],"class_list":["post-324448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-3-5-million","tag-albert-b-alkek","tag-alkek","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-construction","tag-library","tag-new","tag-office-space","tag-renovation","tag-san-marcos","tag-sixth-floor","tag-students","tag-study","tag-texas-state-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}