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Preserving history, telling stories: in the service of justice and equity

June 3, 2020 With the recent senseless killings of Black people across this country including George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, and Dion Johnson, ASU Library stands with the Black Lives Matter movement in condemning these deaths. President...

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ASU Library open for remote services

The ASU Library is open for remote services only during summer sessions A, B and C. For questions related to the library, research, library collections and other archival materials, Ask a Librarian is a click, text, email or call away. Ask a Librarian connects the ASU ...

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ASU archivist named 2020 'Mover & Shaker'

Nancy Godoy, Associate Archivist of the ASU Library's Chicano/a Research Collection and leader of Community-Driven Archives Initiative, has been named a 2020 “Mover and Shaker” by the Library Journal for her pioneering work that reimagines the role of archives as safe, incl...

Tips for moving a class online

As stay-at-home orders swept the globe last month, an abundance of free resources quickly emerged, available for teachers moving to online learning, parents looking to educate their children at home and adults seeking alternative ways to continue their learning and education. For teachers and profe...

3D printed parts for face masks and shields are scattered across a table in the Hayden Library Makerspace

Library's Makerspace tackles a new challenge: COVID-19

While Hayden Library has been quieter these days, the library’s 3D printers have been humming all week – thanks to Victor Surovec and the round-the-clock work he and his staff are undertaking, as part of Arizona State University’s COVID-19 emergency response. Over the last...

ASU For You offers publicly accessible learning tools

During the current crisis, Arizona State University is doing everything it can to guarantee access to high quality digital tools and resources for education to ensure that learning continues on a grand scale. Whether you’re looking for teaching or training materials, or ju...

Dear students

Photo of Hayden Library by Jarod Opperman Dear students, By now you are fully immersed in figuring out how to be a college student under these truly historic circumstances – and you should know we’ve got resources to help. While ...

Got questions? Librarians are standing by

During the current crisis, the ASU Library's online chat service Ask a Librarian has extended its hours: Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For any questions related to the library, research, library collections and other archival materials, Ask A Librarian is a cli...

New grant project focuses on community-engaged digital preservation

For her work teaching Arizona communities how to preserve their digital-born archival materials, Nancy Godoy, Associate Archivist of ASU Library's Chicano/a Research Collection, has been awarded $80,111 in grant support by the Library Services and Technology Act program of the Arizona State Library...