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Lincoln, Eleanor, Elizabeth, and Gwendolyn Ragsdale in front of the Ragsdale Mortuary.

Ragsdale Family Papers reveal rich history of Black leadership and impact in Arizona

Civil rights advocates. Business owners. Community leaders. There are not enough words to describe the many hats Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale wore in their lifetimes.The Ragsdale family shaped Phoenix...

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Love Data Week celebrates the many forms of data at ASU

Data is everywhere around us — found in spreadsheets of temperature readings, Apple Watch fitness metrics and even a diary in the ASU Library archives. Data appears in many different forms, and at Ari...

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Complying with federal public access policies made easy with support from ASU Library

This week, February 9-13, we celebrate International Love Data Week! This year’s theme, “Where’s the Data?” prompts us to consider the entire journey of our data, from collection through storage, pres...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Stellar Jet captured Sept. 10, 2025

Data belongs to everyone

At ASU Library, the Unit for Data Science and Analytics supports students, faculty and staff as they explore data in meaningful, ethical and practical ways. We believe data-informed thinking belongs a...

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Love your data: archives as data

An unexpected place for data is archival collections. It is not the first place most of us think of when working with data, but it can be a treasure trove of historical information, research and field...

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Love Data Week 2026! Where’s the data?

International Love Data Week happens with a new theme every year. This year is ‘Where’s the Data?’ — a way to get people thinking about data’s journey from collection through storage and preservation....

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ASU Library launches new Open Access Publishing Fund for ASU authors

ASU Library is pleased to announce the launch of the ASU Open Access Publishing Fund. This fund is designed to support ASU authors who wish to make their scholarly articles freely available immediatel...

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Save time, stay organized: Citation strategies for graduate writing

In a recent Grad15 webinar, ASU librarian Matthew Ogborn introduced graduate students to citation management tools and offered practical strategies for integrating them into academic research. The ses...

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Welcome to spring 2026

Happy New Year, Sun Devils! Welcome to 2026 and a new semester. Whether you are new to ASU or ready to graduate this semester, here are a few resources to help you meet your goals. Give your research...