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Arizona Architecture from the Archives (Exhibit)

February 17, 2012 · Architecture Library · Comments Off

Albert Chase McArthur exhibit. McArthur was the architect of the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Cottages.

Exhibit: Arizona Architecture from the Archives

Location: Architecture and Environmental Design Library, Tempe campus

Available:  Through March 16 (see below for detailed dates), during normal library hours

Description:  Celebrating the Arizona Centennial with an Exhibition of Four Architects from the Archives of the Architecture & Environmental Design Library at the Arizona State University Libraries.

Although the Library’s display area is modest in size, the Architecture and Environmental Design Library is very pleased to be able to display some of its own material from its archival collections about distinctive Arizona-designed architecture in central Arizona. A component of this effort is to celebrate the centennial of Arizona’s statehood. Furthermore, we hope to provide an opportunity for our researchers to see the types of architecture-related artifacts we have in our archives (e.g., original blueprints, construction photographs, early/late architect-produced renderings, presentation boards, hand-painted images, and the like) and which are available for their potential research.

The exhibit will feature the four architects as follows:

Through February 21 Albert Chase McArthur — Architect , Arizona Biltmore Hotel + Cottages (Phoenix) 

Albert Chase McArthur is the architect of the Arizona Biltmore Hotel which opened in Phoenix in 1929. The Library’s archives include sets of blueprints, sections, plans, renderings, construction photographs, and the like of both the both the hotel and cottages.
February 22 – February 29 William P. Bruder — Architect, Burton Barr Phoenix Central Library
March 1 – March 8 Alfred Newman Beadle — Architect, Case Study Apartment # 1 and other Phoenix mid-century buildings
March 12 – March 16 Fred Linn Osmon — Architect of award-winning residential and commercial buildings in central Arizona

Additional information about the exhibit and the featured architects can be found online on the companion LibGuide.

For more information about the exhibit, please contact Deborah Koshinsky, director of the Architecture and Environemental Design Library at deborah.koshinsky@asu.edu.

ASU Libraries Celebrates Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon

January 25, 2012 · Architecture Library, Hayden Library, Music Library, Noble Library · Comments Off

ASU Libraries and the Confucius Institute are sponsoring two events in celebration of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon.

The first is an exhibition in Hayden Library. The exhibition highlights the role of the dragon in Chinese culture, the importance of the New Year’s celebration which begins the Spring Festival, and describes the Lantern Festival which closes the Spring Festival.

This exhibition is located on the lower concourse/entrance level of Hayden Library, just outside of the library instruction room C41, and will be on display through February 7th.

Second, ASU Libraries and the Confucius Institute are sponsoring the screening of Shanghai Park (with English subtitles), on Friday January 27 at 12:30 in the Memorial Union, Pima Room 230. University Librarian Sherrie Schmidt and the ASU Confucius Institute Director Dr. Madeline Spring will give a brief welcome.

Shanghai Park is subtly and deeply moving, and honestly captures the transitional lives of urban 20-something college graduates, already nostalgic and unsure of the road ahead. Immediately after the screening the ASU Confucius Institute, the School of International Literature and Culture, and the Chinese Flagship Program are sponsoring the ASU Chinese New Year Celebration in the Memorial Ventena Ballroom. All are welcome to attend.

Self-Service Scanning Available in Several Locations

August 19, 2010 · Architecture Library, Downtown Phoenix campus, Hayden Library, Music Library, Noble Library · Comments Off

Another new service to start off the fall semester is self-service scanning!  Over the summer several library locations began offer self-service scanning services to library users.  Users can scan multiple page documents and choose to either email or save to a USB storage device.  The cost of this service is $0.02/page.

Scanning locations currently available are:

  • Hayden Library – Lower Concourse Level
  • Noble Library – Level 2
  • Music Library
  • Architecture Library
  • Downtown Phoenix campus Library

The Polytechnic campus Library and Fletcher Library on the West campus will be adding this scanning service later in the fall semester.

If you have any questions about these stations, please consult the Information Desk at the library location you are visiting.

Self-Service Scanning Available in Several Locations

June 11, 2010 · Architecture Library, Downtown Phoenix campus, Hayden Library, Music Library, Noble Library, Tempe campus · 2 comments

Another new service to start off the fall semester is self-service scanning!  Over the summer several library locations began offer self-service scanning services to library users.  Users can scan multiple page documents and choose to either email or save to a USB storage device.  The cost of this service is $0.02/page.

Scanning locations currently available are:

  • Hayden Library – Lower Concourse Level
  • Noble Library – Level 2
  • Music Library
  • Architecture Library
  • Downtown Phoenix campus Library

The Polytechnic campus Library and Fletcher Library on the West campus will be adding this scanning service later in the fall semester.

If you have any questions about these stations, please consult the Information Desk at the library location you are visiting.

ASU Libraries’ Matt Harp Named “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal

March 23, 2010 · Architecture Library, Downtown Phoenix campus, Hayden Library, Music Library, Noble Library, Polytechnic campus, West campus · Comments Off

untitledThe ASU Libraries are delighted to announce that Matt Harp, digital library production manager, has been honored by Library Journal, the leading national library trade journal, by being selected on of their “Movers and Shakers” for 2010. His profile, “Lights, Camera, Library,” recognizes Matt’s  groundbreaking work on the ASU Libraries video productions, especially the hit new series the Library Minute. Matt uses “his expertise to create an outstanding multimedia presence for the libraries on campus, online, and nationwide … bringing ASU’s libraries (and its librarians) into the spotlight.”

Movers and Shakers is an annual Library Journal supplement  that  identify librarians, vendors, and others who are “making libraries better and taking them into the future.”   Since 2002 Library Journal has identified over 450 innovators in the field of librarianship from “all corners of the library world and several nations.”

Matt is the fourth individual from the ASU Libraries to be selected for this presitigious honor.  Previous winners were Ann Dutton Ewbank (2009), Katherine O’Clair (2007) and Jennifer Duvernay (2005).

Peterson Zah to give the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on March 25

March 15, 2010 · All locations, Architecture Library, Downtown Phoenix campus, Hayden Library, Noble Library, Polytechnic campus, West campus · Comments Off

zahLecture:  ”Finally We Are Growing On Our Own”
Speaker:  Dr. Peterson Zah
Date and Time:  Thursday March 25,  7pm
Location:  Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Avenue (Central & Encanto), Phoenix, AZ 85004

Also on March 25, the ASU Libraries’ Labriola Center will be hosting a related event, “A Visit With Peterson Zah” from 2:00-3:30pm. This will be an informal presentation with an opportunity for audience discussion.  Please join us at the Labriola Center on the 2nd floor of Hayden Library, on the Tempe campus

Former President of the Navajo Nation, Dr. Peterson Zah is widely known and respected among American Indian Nations. Zah is a distinguished alumnus of Arizona State University, having received an honorary doctorate in 2005. A member of the Navajo Nation from Low Mountain, Arizona, Zah is a co-founder of the DNA People’s Legal Services Program. He is the last chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council and the first elected President of the Navajo Nation. He currently serves as a Special Advisor to the ASU President on American Indian Affairs, working to develop strategic alliances between Arizona State University and Tribes. These partnerships encourage Tribes to utilize university resources and expertise to advance their communities in areas such as community development, strategic planning, finance, law, construction, and education.

For more information, please contact the Labriola Center at  480-965-6490.

Library One Search: New Tool for Research

January 22, 2010 · All locations, Architecture Library, Downtown Phoenix campus, Hayden Library, Music Library, Noble Library, Polytechnic campus, Tempe campus, West campus · Comments Off

web_thumbThe Library One Search is a new discovery tool which allows users to quickly search and access a variety of library items including books and other materials from the catalog, journal and magazine articles, and digital objects within local repositories. This is an all-new service which will be accessed through the library home page as well as the library tool bar, MyASU (under “Resources” > “Library”), Blackboard and more.

Library One Search uses the new Summon unified discovery service by Serials Solutions.  From a single search box, users can access resources normally only found in the 275 separate subscription databases, catalog records, and the local digital repository.  Instead, Library One Search searches most of what the library owns and/or has access to from one box. The simple and easy to use interface also allows you to limit your search to online full text articles only, or limit to results in “scholarly” or peer-reviewed publications.

In addition, Library One Search has a built-in citation formatting feature that lets you quickly cut and paste citations in your preferred style as well an export feature that lets you easily export citations to bibliographic management software applications such as RefWorks, EndNote and ProCite.  In addition, users can search Library One Search from a mobile device by going directly to http://asu.summon.serialssolutions.com on your mobile web browser.

If you have any questions about Library One Search, or any other library resource, please don’t hesitate to Ask a Librarian.

New and Expanded Online Resources

January 22, 2010 · All locations, Architecture Library, Downtown Phoenix campus, Hayden Library, Music Library, Noble Library, Polytechnic campus · Comments Off

The ASU Libraries have recently added the following new or expanded online resources to our collection:

  • America History and Life:  Access expanded to now include full text journal articles
  • Cambridge Journals Online:  Expanded access from 96 titles to the full 269 titles from Cambridge Journals
  • Contemporary World Music: Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database contains genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music – Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more
  • EDIT Digital Library: The EDIT Digital Library is a valuable online resource of peer-reviewed and published international journal articles and conference papers on the latest research, developments, and applications related to all aspects of Educational Technology and E-Learning.
  • Encyclopedia of Islam: A comprehensive encyclopedia about Islam with full attention to Social Science as well as Humanistic perspectives.
  • Historical Abstracts:  Access expanded to now include full text journal articles
  • Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Mintel Academic Reports: The Mintel Academic Reports database contains full-text market research reports covering US and Global consumer markets, with an emphasis on European and US markets. Each report analyzes market share, segmentation, and trends along with providing comprehensive demographic profiles and consumer patterns. Includes Simmons data and other proprietary information otherwise difficult to obtain.

If you have any questions about these or any other library resource, please Ask a Librarian.

An Evening with Leslie Marmon Silko (podcast)

December 14, 2009 · All locations, Architecture Library, Downtown Phoenix campus, Hayden Library, Music Library, Noble Library, podcasts, Polytechnic campus, West campus · Comments Off

Internationally acclaimed author Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo, deliveres the fall Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture, and Community, at Phoenix’s Heard Museum. This semi-annual lecture series is held through a partnership between the Heard Museum and Arizona State University.

Silko delivers a relaxed, informal presentation as she reads from her forthcoming memoir, Turquoise Ledge.

Download Podcast (MP3 Audio)

Silko has won prizes, fellowships, and grants from such sources as the National Endowment for the Arts and The Boston Globe. She was the youngest writer to be included in The Norton Anthology of Women’s Literature for her short story “Lullaby.” In 1981 she won a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant. Silko has continued to be a force in American Indian literature in both the fiction and non-fiction genres.

The lecture series is sponsored by the Heard Museum and Arizona State University’s American Indian Studies Program, Department of English,

Full video available for Download from the Internet Archive

Introduction:
Fred McIlvain (Library Channel)
Frank Goodyear (Heard Museum)
Simon Ortiz (ASU)

Speaker:
Leslie Marmon Silko

Episode 102
Running time: 51:44

Library Minute: Tunes for Finals

December 4, 2009 · All locations, Architecture Library, Hayden Library, Library Minute, Music Library, Noble Library, West campus · 2 comments

Join Anali Perry and learn about the musical databases that will stream music right to your computer to help you get through your studying crunch.  You can explore your favorites but also discover new musical traditions from folk to jazz and classical music. You can also create playlists and download tracks not available from your everyday internet radio station.


Download iPod ready video (MP4 Video)

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American Song Online Music
Classical Music Library
DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music)
Naxos Music Library
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

View all the Library Minutes on YouTube!

The Library Minute is hosted by Anali Perry.

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