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Margaret Bonds poses for a portrait in 1956

Introducing the Black Women Composers Project

A collection guide of scores, literature and sound recordings in the ASU Library Last fall, the Music Library at Arizona State University began working on a new research tool for students and faculty interested in exploring an area of study largely undiscovered – important...

Anali Perry holds up a 2021 March Mammal Madness bracket

Library guide now the home of March Mammal Madness  

More popular than ever, March Mammal Madness is back again for its 9th year – and this time, an ASU Library guide is the official home of the tournament.  Equipped with brackets, tournament rounds and live commentary via Twitter, the annual NCAA-inspired tournament created...

Alexis Juarez stands at the ASU Library student orientation booth

Supporting the force and face of ASU – our students

   “For me, working at the ASU Library means creating a welcoming environment for the local community to gather and learn together, about each other, and the topics that are relevant and important to their peers.” – Alexis Juarez, Fall 2020 recipient of the Tomalee Doan L...

portrait of Lourdes Pereira

More than a research collection

  “Learning more about my people and how to preserve our materials has strengthened my identity as a Hia-Ced O’odham youth and has helped guide my journey with higher education.” – Lourdes Pereira,ASU sophomore Miss Indigenous ASU 2020-21     Much more than a research ...

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You can help make history

  “Arizona’s archives are dominated by white narratives that promote settler colonialism and white supremacy. One of my favorite things about this work is that marginalized communities are learning how to create a story that speaks to their reality.” – Nancy Godoy, Direct...

Front cover: The Round House by Louise Erdrich

Gathering around ‘The Round House’

Erdrich novel sparks conversations, celebrations on Indigenous culture Louise Erdrich’s 14th novel “The Round House” opens with an image of creeping tree roots threatening the foundation of a family home on the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota. The novel’s narrator, Joe...

Suzy Morgan seated in her office

Library exhibit explores the objectivity of books

Suzy Morgan began making books in high school – not writing or editing them, making them. “I’m less interested in what the words say and more interested in what kind of paper a book is printed on – what does that feel like – and how the binding is done,” says Morgan, who m...

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ASU librarians create Black Lives Matter library guide

For the United States, 2020 has been a year of racial reckoning. The question of how to build a more equitable and diverse society is challenging our learning like never before – and many are taking up the challenge.  For those needing some help on where to begin, the ASU...

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Home delivery service expands beyond Maricopa County and into tribal communities

Beginning this month, Sun Devils living outside of Maricopa County and on Native reservation lands can now request the shipment of library materials to their home residence free of charge. The ASU Library's improved home delivery service now reaches areas that were previou...