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 Hub staff members from left to right: Jill Sherwood (former Geospatial Data Analyst),  Eric Friesenhahn (Map and GIS Specialist), and Matthew Toro (Director of Maps, Imagery, and Geospatial Services), and ASU President Michael Crowe. Matthew Toro holds the President's Award for Innovation

Map and Geospatial Hub 3D Explorer Wins 2022 ASU President’s Award for Innovation

On Thursday, December 8, the Map and Geospatial Hub team was awarded the 2022 ASU President’s Award for Innovation for its custom-designed, custom-built Map and Geospatial Hub 3D Explorer application....

An oblique angled photograph of Panorama of Point Sublime Looking West. Prominent ridges, cliffs, and slopes of the Grand Canyon are variably orange and tan. Sitting on the ledge of the overlook, An artist sits sketching while a surveyor glances from behind. Agave plants and large oak trees are visible on the left side of the cliff's edge.

Dutton’s Atlas Project Featured on KJZZ Radio

The Dutton’s Atlas project was recently featured on KJZZ’s The Show radio program. KJZZ is the local National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate station for the greater Phoenix region. Listen to project d...

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ASU program aims to add more diversity to library field

Less than 3% of librarians and archivists in the United States are Black. Less than 2% are Indigenous peoples. It’s not hard, says Jessica Salow, to figure out why. “The reason why we don’t have a h...

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ASU Library archives initiative receives prestigious Archival Innovator Award

The Community-Driven Archives Initiative has been named a 2022 recipient of the Archival Innovator Award by the Society of American Archivists. The award recognizes creative approaches by archivists, ...

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Students learn about technology, support at ASU Library's Makerspace

Every summer, around 200 high school students from metro Phoenix spend time at Arizona State University in the Upward Bound program, where they learn what it’s like to be on a college campus — and wha...

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Workshop offers students the opportunity to study rare documents from New Spain

On a cold and rainy spring Chicago day, students inside the famed Newberry Library accessed an array of rare manuscripts and materials for study and discussion. The workshop, titled “New Spain at th...

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Announcing the 14th Annual Labriola Book Award Winners

14th Annual Labriola Book Award Winners “Pollution Is Colonialism” by Max Liboiron is the winner of the 14th annual Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award. The honorable mention goes to...

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A look inside the 10th Annual March Mammal Madness tournament

Modeled after NCAA March Madness basketball, March Mammal Madness — created by ASU anthropologist Katie Hinde — pits animals against each other to see who comes out on top. Since its inception, the 10...

ASU News: Visualizing the last great Grand Canyon expedition

View the full ASU News article, Visualizing the last great Grand Canyon expedition, written by senior reporter Scott Seckel, and published on February 12, 2021 at the following URL: https://news.asu.e...