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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...

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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 Afri...

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'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 o...

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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) Initi...

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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-...

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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 ga...

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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 geograp...

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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 ...

ASU Library awarded digital preservation grant

Stacey Erdman The Arizona State University Library and its partner organizations were selected by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as the recipient of a 2021 Laur...