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While it’s normal to feel some uncertainty about the best way to keep our ASU community healthy during the COVID-19 crisis, the ASU Library would like to remind all community members of the university health guidelines that remain in place: Face coverings are still require...

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...

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...

   “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...

  “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 ...

  “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...

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 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...

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...