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ASU collection preserves legacy of modern architects, buildings in the Southwest

Arizona has a complicated record when it comes to the preservation of historic structures. It’s a place that thirsts for development, regularly churning the old back into the earth so that something n...

A portion of the Featured Map of the Month, focusing on modern day Iran. It is labeled as Persia. To the bottom is a region called Luristan, with mountains along the southern edge. There's a line running across the entire area labeled "Southern Limit of Russian Sphere"

Map of the Month: May 2024

This month, we’re going to travel to the birthplace of civilization: Mesopotamia. The earliest known human settlements are found in the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers, and they have had co...

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Database Discovery: Find statistics and data-driven insights with Statista

Where can you find accurate statistics about world lithium reserves or which countries have the most TikTok users? ASU students, staff and faculty can find all sorts of facts and figures to fuel their...

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Memory Keepers Fellowship 2024: Janine Nelson

About the Memory Keepers Fellowship: This blog post series is a part of the Memory Keepers Fellowship program, a project partnered between ASU’s Community Driven Archive Initiative and the Labriola C...

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ASU grad dedicated to music, libraries and Indigenous sovereignty

If you stepped inside the Labriola National American Indian Data Center at Hayden Library in the past two years, you may have heard Nataani Hanley-Moraga before you met him. His beat making and lo-fi ...

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Thunderbird archives: These walls do talk

At most universities, if you want to learn about their history, you must enter a library and dig through an expansive archive. At the Thunderbird School of Global Management on Arizona State Universit...

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Labriola Center Blog: April 2024 Event Highlight Labriola Center's Grand Opening Open House

A large crowd of people seated in the Labriola Center from the front all the way to the back wall with Labriola family and Simon Ortiz seated in front. Highlights from the La...

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Finals week: ASU Library is here to help

The end of the spring semester is here and finals are around the corner. Do you need help with final research papers or a place to study? Here are a few of the extraordinary resources you have access...

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Map of the Month: April 2024

The political boundaries of North America have gone through many changes. As part of New Spain, Central America was known as the Captaincy General of Guatemala, or the Kingdom of Guatemala. The territ...