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Welcome to spring 2025
Happy New Year, Sun Devils! Welcome to 2025 and a new semester. Whether you are new to ASU or ready to graduate this semester, here are a few resources to help you meet your goals. Power up your rese...

Map of the Month: March 2025
Founded just after the Revolutionary War, the city of Parkersburg was settled at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers in West Virginia. Originally called Newport, the town’s name was c...

Make a difference for students on Sun Devil Giving Day
Across ASU Library locations, nearly 200 student workers help the ASU community access library services and collections. Every year, ASU Library highlights several of these students with the Tomalee D...

Map of the Month: February 2025
Tombstone is a southeast Arizona town that lies on the historical road between El Paso Texas and San Diego. That critical transportation feature contributed to its importance in the 19th and 20th cent...

March Mammal Madness hypes science, storytelling in the classroom and beyond
In classrooms throughout the country, the buzz around March Mammal Madness starts long before the tournament begins. For middle school science teacher Jessica Harris, students wonder which animals wil...

Empowering Tribes through libraries
Advocates. Protectors. Community. Representation. Sovereignty. Respect. Time immemorial. These were just a few words used to describe Indigenous libraries by a group of established and emerging Indige...
Historic Grand Canyon atlas finds new home
A recent donation of a significant Grand Canyon atlas to the Map and Geospatial Hub at the ASU Library is expanding access to rare cartographic materials at Hayden Library. An original copy of the “A...

Labriola Center Blog: January 2025
Labriola Center Highlights: January 2025 This January 2025, the Labriola Center had several exciting events, including a panel discussion with Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, a visit from ALA Presid...

Map of the Month: January 2025
First populated almost 70,000 years ago by Indigenous Australians, Australia is a diverse and beautiful land. Large interior deserts span the majority of the continent, while Eucalyptus forests domina...