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New Labriola Center space coming to Hayden Library
During the fall 2023 semester, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center is embarking on a new construction project at Hayden Library. The center will be expanding on the second floor to offer comprehensive library services and events to better support Indigenous ASU students, faculty, staff...

Continuing the legacy: the Taliesin Associated Architects collection
At the time of his death in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright was working on around a hundred and twenty projects that were in various stages of development. Members of the Taliesin Fellowship, a group of apprentices and their families who lived, worked and studied with Wright at Taliesin in Wisconsin and Ta...

Upward Bound students unleash creativity in Makerspace
This summer, Arizona high school students in the Upward Bound program gained experience working with new creative and emerging technologies in the ASU Library’s Makerspace. Students spent several weeks learning about 3D printing at Hayden Library on the Tempe campus, and successfully completed final...

Labriola Blog: June 2023 Event Highlights
Labriola Blog: June 2023 Event Highlights Photo of student's hands interacting with turntable NASAW - Sunday, June 18, 2023 - Saturday, June 24, 2023 Earlier this month, the Native American Summer Arts Workshop (NASAW) took place ...

Labriola Blog: Labriola's 30th Anniversary Highlights
Labriola Blog: Labriola's 30th Anniversary Highlights 30th Anniversary Celebration, Thursday, May 18, 2023 From left to right: Author Simon Ortiz, Director Alex Soto, Unit Head and Librarian Joyce Martin The Labriola National Amer...
Map of the Month: July 2023
Our July Map of the Month is this 1934 “National Forests, State Forests, National Parks, National Monuments, and Indian Reservations” by the U.S Department of Agriculture and the U.S Forest Service. This historic map acts as a point of reference to compare how much land in the United States has been...

Community college students invited to apply for Community Archivist Fellowship
Become a memory keeper for your community! The Community Archivist Fellowship Program at the ASU Library seeks to inspire community college students to become professionally trained archivists or librarians. Students will be introduced to community-driven archives and work closely with archivists an...

ASU student-produced podcast focuses on community history, memory, healing
Looking for a new podcast to listen to this summer? The Community-Driven Archives Initiative at the ASU Library recently launched a new podcast series titled "Archives Glow" about community history, memory and healing. Episodes highlight the importance of BIPOC experiences and storytelling, center t...
Map of the Month: June 2023
June 6th, 1944. The largest amphibious invasion ever undertaken is in full swing. Our June Map of the Month was published in commemoration of that historic event- known as D-Day. This map was one in a series of maps published throughout the second world war; the “Dated Events War Map”. Ours in parti...