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Applications now open for 2024-2025 Community Archivist Fellowship

The Community Archivist Fellowship Program at the ASU Library is looking for community college students interested in becoming professionally trained archivists or librarians. Students will be introduced to community-driven archives and work closely with archivists and staff from the Community-Drive...

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Make a difference on Sun Devil Giving Day

Sun Devil Giving Day is ASU’s biggest philanthropic event of the year! This day greatly impacts the causes you care about. Each gift, regardless of size, makes a difference.  Suhrud Parag Joglekar is enrolled in the master’s program in robotics and au...

Frank Lloyd Wright's "Taliesin West," his winter home and architectural school, which he began in 1937 in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains in Arizona's Sonoran Desert.

Preserving America’s Cultural Touchstones: the National Register of Historic Places

What do Taliesin West, the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign and the Hoover Dam have in common? They are all properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  “Frank Lloyd Wright's ‘Taliesin West,’ his winter home and architectural sc...

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2024 March Mammal Madness tournament celebrates animals, the arts

As the seasons change, the month of March brings a special excitement to the air; 65 featured combatants are poised to enter “battle,” with only one to be crowned March Mammal Madness champion. The March Mammal Madness (MMM) tournament is back for 2024. Founded in 2013, this nature-based simulated ...

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Database Discovery: Mapping demographic data with PolicyMap

Do you need to find demographic or statistical data for a research paper or thesis project?  If you are searching for data about population, ethnicity, income, housing, education, marital status, and many more topics, PolicyMap is the library database for you.  Here are five things to know about P...

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Celebrate Love Data Week 2024

Join the ASU Library Research Support Team and the Knowledge Enterprise Research Data Management Office as we celebrate all types of data during Love Data Week 2024  from Feb. 12 to the 16th.  Have you ever felt your data doesn't get the love it deserves? Have you found data you thought was worth b...

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ASU archivists hoping to learn more about early African American students

The eyes grab you first. They stare at you from the black-and-white photo, soft and, it seems, inquisitive. Zoom out, and you notice the man’s appearance. Well-dressed in a suit jacket, a white dress shirt and a tie that is knotted perfectly. His hair is short. His name is Benton James and, in 1924,...

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‘Unlock your curiosity’ at ASU Open Door

Visit the ASU Library at Open Door 2024! This annual open house is where visitors of all ages can participate in hands-on activities and explore laboratories, living collections, museums and advanced learning spaces.  When you open the door to one of our ASU Library locati...

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Welcome to spring 2024

Happy New Year, Sun Devils! Welcome to 2024 and a new semester beginning January 8, 2024. Whether you are new to ASU or ready to graduate, here are five library goals to start the new year. Power up your research skills Do you want to improve your skills when searching for research articles? Or le...