As part of the grant-funded initiative, our team developed a series of experimental projects exploring how people engage with print books. These experimental projects covered a variety of selection, presentation and engagement methodologies. Many also included a collaborative element, which allowed our team to employ new design strategies to connect with all who use our libraries.
Brief reports describing these experimental projects are presented here with the hope to inspire new and additional forms of creative engagement with academic library print collections.
Project highlights
Untold Histories
A collection of books representing different cultures, background, and testimonials chosen by students to encourage others to tell their own stories.
Read the Untold Histories report (pdf)
Visual Bibliographies
A closer look at the research process that highlights faculty publications and interviews.
Check out our library guide for more information or read the Visual Bibliographies report (pdf).
Dust & Shadow: An Acoustic Ecology Salon
An immersive, audio and print experience of the Southwest desert.
Dust & Shadow is hosted in partnership with the Institute for Humanities Research and the Institute for Desert Humanities.
Read the Dust & Shadow report (pdf)
Project archive
Health Humanities Horizons
A collection of books, DVDs, and CDs chosen by faculty from The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Health Solutions, the New College and the Nursing College.
Read the Health Humanities Horizons report (pdf)
¡Vamos Argentina!
A series of lectures, art installations, and demonstrations highlighting aspects of the Argentine culture and drawing attention to the Library's Argentine print collection.
Read the ¡Vamos Argentina! report (pdf)
Barrett Little Library
A “take one, leave one” book collection to show how students interact with books outside of library spaces.
Read the Barrett Little Library report (pdf)
Collecting Collections
An opportunity for ASU communities to think critically about collecting practices and share their own collections.
Read the Collecting Collections report (pdf)
Surprise Me!
An experiment to see how students respond to and interact with books shelved in non-traditional ways.
Read the Surprise Me! report (pdf)
Latin American Women Photographers and Human Rights
A collection of photobooks providing sobering images of daily life in Latin America through the observant eyes of women photographers, curated from the personal library of the late Prof. David Foster and ASU collections.
Read the Latin American Women Photographers and Human Rights report (pdf)
Fire & Ice
A unique look at climate change by exploring glacial history, extinction events, the culture of the Southwest, and more.
Read the Fire & Ice report (pdf)
Beyond Books
As part of their student thesis, Alexis Juarez and Carly Goulding have compiled resources that explore accessibility in libraries and other community spaces.
Read the Beyond Books report (pdf)
March Mammal Madness
Books curated in support of the 2020 March Mammal Madness Tournament including everything from bats to squirrels, rabbits to tasmanian devils, more.
Read the March Mammal Madness report (pdf)