Library news

3D image of Map and Geospatial Hub

Mapping the ASU Library map collection

Everyone, no matter where they’re located, now has the power to visit Arizona State University's Map and Geospatial Hub, located on the third floor of Hayden Library, to explore and access its geographic information resources. All thanks to a new tool: the 3D Explorer. Th...

Three students in the library talking and looking at books

ASU Library welcomes you to Spring 2022! Here's what you need to know

Welcome! All of our libraries are open for the Spring 2022 semester.  In order to support the health and success of the entire ASU community, please note the following updates (which are subject to change). Get in touch with us for further information about how the library...

Photo of bees by Julia Letcher

Vault Gallery opens new downtown exhibit

All Around You is the latest art exhibit to arrive at the Downtown Phoenix campus Library’s Vault Gallery just in time for the Fall 2021 semester. A collection of images by local photographer Julia Letcher, the exhibit features close-up photographs of bees and flowers,...

ASU Library awarded digital preservation grant

Stacey Erdman The Arizona State University Library and its partner organizations were selected by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as the recipient of a 2021 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program award, totaling $249...

Introducing Course Resource Services

The ASU Library's Course Reserve service has a new name: Course Resource Services. Course Resource Services works closely with instructors to search, select, manage and organize learning materials, and integrate them directly into Canvas (or other learning management systems) using the Library Reso...

book display in Noble Library

Book collection helps children of incarcerated parents

The ASU Library has partnered with the ASU Center for Child Well-Being, within the Watts College for Public Service and Community Solutions, on a new collection of 64 books designed to support Arizona's nearly 100,000 children of parents who are incarcerated. Over 2.7 mill...

Masked-up student browsing Hayden Library book collection

What to expect at the library over summer session

Photo by Deanna Dent The ASU Library remains committed to supporting the health and success of the ASU community. As of July 19, 2021, access to university library buildings no longer requires a Sun Card. Face coverings are strong...

Artists exhibit work at downtown Vault Gallery

Courtesy of Chelsea Niven Two local artists exploring themes of unity, joy and initiation are exhibiting their work this summer at the Vault Gallery, part of the Downtown Phoenix campus Library.  In her exhibition "What Unites Us,"...

William Morris

Hayden Library to display 'Kelmscott Chaucer'

William Morris In what reads like a piece of advice from a 19th-century version of Marie Kondo, British textile designer William Morris once wrote, “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beau...