Hayden Library news

Yearbook portrait of Benton James

ASU archivists hoping to learn more about early African American students

The eyes grab you first. They stare at you from the black-and-white photo, soft and, it seems, inquisitive. Zoom out, and you notice the man’s appearance. Well-dressed in a suit jacket, a white dress shirt and a tie that is knotted perfectly. His hair is short. His name is Benton James and, in 1924,...

Curator unboxing archival materials from the Theatre for Youth and Community Collection

Theatre for Youth and Community Collection still in spotlight after all these years

As far as performing arts collections go, Arizona State University has been a star attraction for more than four decades. Its Theatre for Youth and Community Collection is the largest, most utilized and internationally renowned youth-theater repository in the world, according to university official...

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‘Unlock your curiosity’ at ASU Open Door

Visit the ASU Library at Open Door 2024! This annual open house is where visitors of all ages can participate in hands-on activities and explore laboratories, living collections, museums and advanced learning spaces.  When you open the door to one of our ASU Library locati...

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Welcome to spring 2024

Happy New Year, Sun Devils! Welcome to 2024 and a new semester beginning January 8, 2024. Whether you are new to ASU or ready to graduate, here are five library goals to start the new year. Power up your research skills Do you want to improve your skills when searching for research articles? Or le...

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Outstanding Naturespace students honored by ASU Library

The ASU Library recently announced the fall 2023 semester recipients of the Tomalee Doan LibAid for Student Success award. First place was awarded to Suhrud Parag Joglekar and second place to Kailey Kruse, both student employees in Naturespace.  Suhru...

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Students’ zines make a creative impact with library resources

At the end of the fall semester, Alana de Hinojosa’s “Mexican-American History to 1900” class met for the last time, to share their final projects and reflections on the class.  As a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Transborder Studies, de Hinojosa challenged her students to investigate que...

Portrait of Valerie Lambert

Author Valerie Lambert to deliver Labriola Center National Book Award lecture

The Labriola National American Indian Data Center at the ASU Library has announced that “Native Agency: Indians in the Bureau of Indian Affairs” by Valerie Lambert is the recipient of the center’s National Book Award. The annual award recognizes scholarship in American Indian and Indigenous studies....

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Makerspace student recognized at Hacks for Humanity event

The 2023 Hacks for Humanity: Hacking for the Social Good event from Oct. 6-8 brought together undergraduates, high school students, professionals and community members from across the valley to innovate technology for the social good. Hosted by ASU’s Project Humanities, the event aims to address loc...

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ASU honors Black Speculative Fiction Month with a multimedia exhibit at Hayden Library

What does the film “Black Panther” have in common with an exhibit that just opened at Arizona State University’s Hayden Library? Like the 2018 blockbuster, the multimedia exhibit focuses on the genre known as Black Speculative Fiction. “Griots and Galaxies: Unveiling the Multiverse of Black Speculat...