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KJZZ Interview: Hub Director Talks About Complexities of Mapping the Desert
As the Sonoran desert and biotic communities of the American southwest begin to bud with warming weather, KJZZ radio reached out to Director Matthew Toro in a recent episode of Saguaro Land (March 29, 2023). Magnified portion of the 1980 Biotic Commun...

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. The Map and Geospatial Hub 3D Explorer is a new online tool for scaling the accessibility of libr...
Rivers and Roads to Redemption
Rivers and Roads to Redemption Review on "Making Our Place: Exploring Land-use Tensions in Aotearoa New Zealand" As I wandered through the books, journals, and graphic novels at the Hayden Labriola Center there was one book that stood out to me, titled “Making Our Place: Exploring Land-use Tension...
Final Reflection - Kate Saunders
Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We conclude the final reflection posts from our graduating student archivists series with an entry from Kate Saunders. Kate is an amazing artist and activist dedicated to community work. From the beginning of her time with the CDA team,...
Final Reflection - Elise Daniells
Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We continue the final reflection posts from our graduating student archivists series with an entry from Elise Daniells. Elise came to the CDA team because she knew one of our former student archivists Preetpal Gill and heard about the w...
Final Reflection - Denise Mosso Ruiz
Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We continue the final reflection posts from our graduating student archivists series with an entry from Denise Mosso Ruiz. Denise came to the CDA team with a strong sense of self and an amazing understanding of what community meant to h...
Final Reflection - Myra Khan
Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We start the final reflection posts from our graduating student archivists series with an entry from Myra Khan. Myra has been such a constant on the CDA team that it seems unimaginable that she will not be here come the upcoming Fall se...
In celebration of our graduating student archivists: A farewell - Jessica Salow
Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We wrap up the entries for the Spring 2021 semester with a farewell to our beloved student archivists Myra Khan, Elise Daniells, Denise Mosso Ruiz, and Kate Saunders. As many of you have seen since the relaun...
The role of oral traditions within marginalized societies and their validity within archives - Myra Khan
Welcome to the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative blog! We continue this semester’s CDA blog with a submission from Myra Khan, our amazing student archivist who is currently a senior at Arizona State University (ASU) studying Sustainability with a minor in Political Science and Transborder S...