Curator Karrie Porter Brace and student Zac Humphrey, an active member of the ASU Sun Devil Marching Band, join us for an entertaining exploration of the marching band as we highlight the re-opening of the Mighty Marching Sun Devil exhibit at Hayden Library. The discussion traces the history of the marching band, including great band directors of the past and includes an interesting look at the evolution of the band uniform.
Explore the exhibit featuring photographs and other band related artifacts from the University Archives, in the Luhrs Gallery and Reading Room, Hayden Library, 4th Floor, Tempe campus through the Fall 2009 Semester, during Luhrs Reading Room hours
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ASU celebrates the life and work of Charles Darwin with Darwinfest
Arizona State University celebrates Darwin‘s 200th birthday and commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species with Darwinfest – a creative scientific enterprise. Darwinfest includes a unique set of multifaceted events, contests, lectures, artistic performances, educational workshops, tea parties, and even a look-alike contest.
Upcoming event: ASU Darwinfest continues with Princeton Emeritus Professors Peter and Rosemary Grant, who will speak about their work with “Darwin’s Finches” and sign books: “The beak of the finch” by Jonathan Weiner (1995), which won a Pulitzer Prize. “How and why species multiply. The radiation of Darwin’s finches.” Princeton University Press, 2006. This event will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 6:00pm – 7:30pm in the Turquoise Ballroom, Memorial Union 220. Books can be purchased in advance and for a 20% discount from the ASU Bookstore.
Get More Information About Darwin: Our Life Sciences Librarians created a special “Darwin LibGuide” with links to relevant books, articles and selected information on the web about Charles Darwin, evolution and other related topics. This timely LibGuide was created especially to coincide with ASU’s special celebration, Darwinfest: Bold Ideas Change Worlds.
The ASU Libraries is looking for ASU undergraduate and graduate students who are book collectors to participate in an annual Student Book Collecting Contest which will run from October 2009 to February 18, 2010. Undergraduate and graduate student winners of the contest receive cash prizes, with the top prize in each category being $600.
Entries will be judged by a panel of judges on the extent to which the collection represents a well-defined field of interest – either focused on the works of one author or on a particular subject. Judge/student interviews will be held March 25 and 26, 2010. Contest winners will be notified the week of March 29, 2010. Cash prizes will be awarded at a donor reception April 21, 2010.
In addition to this contest, Fine Books & Collections Magazine sponsors a national Collegiate Book Collecting Championship with a top prize of $2,500 (date for 2010 to be announced.) Top ASU book contest winners that meet the criteria of the collegiate national championship contest will automatically be eligible to compete.
For more information, pick up a brochure at any of the ASU Libraries, the Memorial Union, the Graduate College, Barratt Honors College, and campus bookstores, see the Student Book Collecting Web page at lib.asu.edu/bookcontest or call Rosa González at (480) 965-3956.
Description: With photographs and artifacts drawn from the University Archives, the exhibit tells the story of the ASU Marching Band, from its first days in the Territorial Normal School to today.
On August 11, 2009 the ASU Libraries hosted a special event in the Luhrs Reading Room to celebrate the US Postal Service issuance of a Steve Allen commemorative postage stamp.
Steve Allen, the original host of “The Tonight Show,” is on one of the 20 Early TV Memories collection commemorative stamps. Allen started his broadcasting career in Phoenix and has donated memorabilia from his life to ASU. The Phoenix Postmaster donated a 30×38 replica of the stamp to ASU to accompany Allen’s archival collection that is preserved by our Special Collections. University Librarian Sherrie Schmidt received the stamp replica on behalf of the ASU Libraries.
University Librarian Sherrie Schmidt and Phoenix Postmaster Alvaro A. Averez
For more information about special Steve Allen items in the ASU Libraries Archives and Special Collections, please visit the Luhrs Reading Room on Level 4 of Hayden Library on ASU’s Tempe campus. Or contact Luhrs at 480-965-4932.
Image information: University Librarian Sherrie Schmidt and Phoenix Postmaster Alvaro Alvarez unveil the commemorative Steve Allen Stamp on August 11, 2009
Description: Marching Throughout History offers a glimpse into the long tradition of wind ensembles at Arizona State University.
The exhibit, realized by Karrie Porter-Brace and Rodale Cooley, features historic photographs and artifacts from the ASU archives spanning a eighty year period beginning with the second decade of the last century. Located in the lobby and the east wing of the Music Library, the exhibit will remain in place until the end of January 2009.
Image information: ASU marching band uniform from the 1970s featured in the exhibit “Marching Through History”; Photo by Karrie Porter Brace.
For information about exhibits in the ASU Libraries, please contact the Exhibits Committee at libraryexhibits@asu.edu.
As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the historic transformation of Arizona State College into Arizona State University we our proud to present a panel discussion featuring the ASU Emeritus College. The panel includes four of the founding members of the Emeritus College: Founding Dean Dick Jacob, Associate Dean Chuck Elliott, the Emeritus College Newsletter Editor and Council member Winifred Doane, and current Emeritus College Dean Len Gordon.
Our distinguished panel members discuss the founding of the College and the College newsletter, the College literary journal, Emeritus Voices, and the impact of ASU becoming a university 50 years ago, setting the stage for ASU becoming a comprehensive research university.
The panel will include four of the founding members of the ASU Emeritus College: Founding Dean Dick Jacob, Associate Dean Charles Elliott, Emeritus College Newsletter Editor and Council member Winifred Doane, and University Archivist Robert Spindler.
All members of the ASU community are invited to attend the panel session itself. For those unable to attend, the ASU Libraries will be recording the sessions and will be released via The Library Channel (in both audio and video formats) later in the month.
We would like to alert Hayden Library patrons to the Memorial Union Plaza Renovation project currently underway directly to the south of Hayden Library. This major construction project will result in increased shade and seating for the campus community. The construction process is scheduled in two phases, with the bulk of work to be completed between May 12 and August 1, 2008. It will be completed over winter break with the final installation of shade canopies. We anticipate significant noise and vibration disruptions in the southern sections of Hayden Library throughout the summer. As the schedule currently exists work will be conducted from sunrise to mid-afternoon each day.
Library users who would like suggestions for alternate quiet study areas, are encouraged to consult the Circulation or Reference desk, located on the lower concourse/entrance level of Hayden Library. We will be happy to assist you.
For more information about the Memorial Union construction projects, please see the following news articles:
On March 31, 2008, the ASU Libraries will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Fletcher Library, on ASU’s West campus. In honor of this milestone, host Tammy Allgood and director Marilyn Myers sit down for a conversation including the role of Fletcher Library as the foundation of the newly developed West campus, the challenges of creating an academic library with complete services and collections from the ground up, how Fletcher has transformed over the years, and the need to develop new strategies for expanding library services to meet the needs of a rapidly growing campus population.
