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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...

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 director Matthew Toro speak with The Show’s host, Mark Brodie, ab...

  This past November, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center hosted a plethora of events for Native American Heritage Month to celebrate the diversity within our Indigenous communities and provide support and resources to American Indian students attending Arizona State University. Our e...

Our December Map of the Month is this 1970 map of Antarctica area stations that was prepared for the 1969 expedition of the U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze called “Deep Freeze 70”. It is a complete map of the Antarctic continent that features extensive detail on the locations of all operating and re...

Renée Palting, Research Data Intern The 2023 National Institute of Health (NIH) Data Sharing Policy and requirements have generated great discussions on how the policy will impact researchers and what they should expect.  Whether or not you are currently receiving NIH funding, you should be aware t...

In its ninth year, Noble Library will host the creative cartography exhibition, a collaboration between the ASU School of Art and the ASU Library. The 2022 exhibit, “Seek and Find” is on display at Noble Library on the Tempe campus, from Nov. 16 until Nov. 29 during regular library hours. Visitors c...

Our November Map of the Month is this 1919 British War Office map titled “Map of Africa to Illustrate the Progress of Surveys and Explorations”. Originally published in 1914 and updated in this edition, it depicts the entirety of the African continent with data on the topographic surveys that had be...

During her first year at ASU, Lourdes Pereira became connected with the Labriola National American Indian Data Center, ASU’s Indigenous-led library, and became a student archivist. Learn how Pereira is fighting for her tribe’s federal recognition....

November is Native American Heritage Month, and while this annual celebration brings a heightened awareness, at ASU, the recognition does not end after the month is over.   "Here at the Labriola Center, we celebrate Indigenous peoples every day and every month of the year,” said Alexander Soto (Toh...