Library news
New Design-Justice Collection highlights underrepresented voices in design
The new Design Justice-Diversity Collection at the Design and the Arts Library is dedicated to curating an equitable and accessible collection of resources in service of our diverse learning community. Read more about the exciting launch of this new collection....
Building community through diverse young adult voices
For the month of February, you’re invited to explore a new book display at Fletcher Library on the West campus. “Building Community through Diverse Young Adult Voices” features titles authored by African American, Asian American, Indigenous, Latinx and other historically marginalized voices. The new...
'Seeing yourself in the archives,' a look inside the Black Collections
On Thursday, Jan. 20 the ASU Library hosted its first Community Conversation of 2022, featuring Jessica Salow, Assistant Archivist of Black Collections at the ASU Library and Christina Ngo, Director of Social Embeddedness. Over 70 attendees attended the inspiring conversation about the expansion of ...
J. Eugene Grigsby Jr. Papers first to join recently established Black Collections initiative
Jessica Salow was recently named archivist of Black Collections at ASU Library, a new role for a new collection, both created as part of the university’s LIFT (Listen, Invest, Facilitate, Teach) Initiative. The J. Eugene Grigsby Jr. Papers is the first of the Black Collections to be arranged, descri...
New table in Labriola Center recalls canals built by Hohokam
A new table made by Indigenous people for an Indigenous space at Arizona State University evokes the ancient canal system built by the Hohokam tribe that first sustained people in the Valley. The 25-foot table, a collaboration between a local artist and the Indigenous Design Collaborative in the De...
Alex Soto named director of Labriola Center
The Arizona State University Library has appointed Alex Soto to the position of director of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center, the library's dedicated Indigenous research, study and gathering spaces and services supporting scholarship, education and communit...
Mapping the ASU Library map collection
Everyone, no matter where they’re located, now has the power to visit Arizona State University's Map and Geospatial Hub, located on the third floor of Hayden Library, to explore and access its geographic information resources. All thanks to a new tool: the 3D Explorer. Th...
ASU Library welcomes you to Spring 2022! Here's what you need to know
Welcome! All of our libraries are open for the Spring 2022 semester. In order to support the health and success of the entire ASU community, please note the following updates (which are subject to change). Get in touch with us for further information about how the library...
Vault Gallery opens new downtown exhibit
All Around You is the latest art exhibit to arrive at the Downtown Phoenix campus Library’s Vault Gallery just in time for the Fall 2021 semester. A collection of images by local photographer Julia Letcher, the exhibit features close-up photographs of bees and flowers,...