ASU Library news

ASU Library honors two student employees with library award
The ASU Library is pleased to announce the spring 2023 recipients of the Tomalee Doan LibAid for Student Success award. Paityn Schlosser, map and geographic information systems assistant received firs...

Beyond the Bookshelf event highlights the journey to discovering your purpose
On February 8, the ASU Library hosted its third installment of the “Beyond the Bookshelf” event series. The event featured Foundation and Regents Professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton in conversation with STE...

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...

‘Beyond the Bookshelf’ features one veteran’s story of helping loved ones during difficult times
The world can be a scary place. When your loved ones, your colleagues or even yourself are hurting from experienced traumas in war or everyday life, what can you do to help? Shawn Banzhaf, Associate ...
Workshop offers students the opportunity to study rare documents from New Spain
On a cold and rainy spring Chicago day, students inside the famed Newberry Library accessed an array of rare manuscripts and materials for study and discussion. The workshop, titled “New Spain at th...

Photo album sparks discovery of ASU's first female African American graduate
Michele Neptune McHenry and her husband, Joseph McHenry, were slowly making their way through the photo album when they came upon the photos and name card. The card, gray in tone, was about 1-by-2 in...

ASU's Archival Collections Highlight Histories of Latine and Chicano History
ASU has been taking steps in showcasing historically marginalized voices from the Latine and Chicano communities. When Seonaid Valiant, curator for Latin American Studies at the ASU Library, started a...

Where are the books? A look inside High Density Collections
With eight libraries across four campuses, the ASU Library provides students and faculty access to millions of information resources and world-class collections to further study and research. As the w...

'Beyond the Bookshelf' event explores the journey of belonging
On the afternoon of March 31, the ASU Library launched a new series of programs, “Beyond the Bookshelf” bringing ASU authors and librarians in conversation together. Pardis Mahdavi was the first autho...