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ASU Library recipients honored at 2022 President’s Awards

Arizona State University President Michael Crow honored staff and faculty members during the 2022 President’s Awards ceremony, held Dec. 8 in the Ventana Ballroom of the Memorial Union on the Tempe ca...

Hub staff members from left to right: Jill Sherwood (former Geospatial Data Analyst), Eric Friesenhahn (Map and GIS Specialist), and Matthew Toro (Director of Maps, Imagery, and Geospatial Services), and ASU President Michael Crowe. Matthew Toro holds the President's Award for Innovation

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....

An oblique angled photograph of Panorama of Point Sublime Looking West. Prominent ridges, cliffs, and slopes of the Grand Canyon are variably orange and tan. Sitting on the ledge of the overlook, An artist sits sketching while a surveyor glances from behind. Agave plants and large oak trees are visible on the left side of the cliff's edge.

Dutton’s Atlas Project Featured on KJZZ Radio

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 d...

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Labriola Blog: Native American Heritage Month 2022 Reflections

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 pr...

A portion of the map showing the south Pole and the surrounding South Polar Plateau. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines intersect, connecting at the south pole, with a red dot marking the location. Red text denotes USA-1 through USA-5, as well as NZ32-NZ33. Prominent ranges and geographic locations are labeled in small black text.

Map of the Month: December 2022

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 ma...

Research data stewardship is for everyone

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 wha...

Maps and three-dimensional objects illustrated with drawings and paintings

Seek and Find: creative cartography exhibition at Noble Library

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 No...

Historic map of Africa north of the equator from the 1919 “Map of Africa to Illustrate the Progress of Surveys and Explorations”. Regions are colored red or blue to denote different topographic surveys with several unshaded regions representing areas of the Sahara and Kalahari Desert which were unsurveyed. Small black text labels towns or cities, while large bold text denotes location names. Surrounding Africa is the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the South Atlantic Ocean.

Map of the Month: November 2022

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 editio...

Portraits of David Martinez and Lourdes Pereira

The forgotten history of the Hia-Ced O’odham

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 i...