• Read more about Banned Books Week Online Trivia

Are you interested in books? Want to learn more about book challenges and book banning? Do you enjoy trivia with a competitive twist? Join ASU Library’s Banned Books Online Trivia in recognition of Banned Books Week. Test your knowledge of challenged titles, expand your understanding of book banning, and connect with others for a chance to win library swag. Please bring a charged personal device (cellphone, laptop, tablet, etc.) to participate.

This event is open to ASU students, faculty, academic professionals and staff.

• Read more about 12th Annual Polytechnic Game Night

Join ASU Library for the 12th Annual Poly Game Night on Friday, September 12, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Polytechnic campus Library (Academic Center, Lower Level). Hosted by the Polytechnic campus Library and the Polytechnic Programs and Activities Board.

Come by to enjoy an evening filled with pizza, prizes, and a variety of games – from board games to card games and group favorites. 

• Read more about Telling the Data’s Story: Best Practices for Data Visualization

Thinking about presenting your research? Get expert help from the ASU Library in a free workshop series designed to help you prepare standout proposals and posters. 

• Read more about Creating Miniature Books and VHS Tapes

Do you like miniatures? Visit Hayden Library's Book Arts Studio and make tiny books and VHS tapes. You can make them into magnets, earrings or for your miniature collection. From classics to modern titles, we have a variety of book titles to choose from. Stop by and create with us!

If you can't make it, learn how you can reserve the Book Arts Studio to explore and create on your own time!

• Read more about Library Day 2025

Discover everything ASU Library has to offer the ASU community! 

Explore engaging activities, valuable resources and fun giveaways designed to support your academic journey and enhance your ASU experience. Whether you're looking to sharpen your research skills, find new study tools or enjoy a creative break, Library Day offers something for everyone. Bring a friend and discover resources to help you succeed!

• Read more about Hayden Library Student Tour

New to ASU? We can help! ASU Library is here for you.

Kick off your ASU journey with a walking tour of Hayden Library, located in the heart of the Tempe campus. Experience Hayden Library's revamped five-story tower featuring tech-powered learning labs, student-focused book collections, inspiring reading rooms and support services designed for you.

• Read more about Screening of 'Banned Together'

Join us for the kickoff to ASU Library's Banned Book Week in partnership with Project Humanities. We will be screening Banned Together followed by a short community discussion regarding the film. Banned Together follows three students as they fight to reinstate 97 books suddenly pulled from their school libraries. As they evolve from local to national activists, the film reveals the forces behind the accelerating wave of book bans in the United States and the ongoing challenges of educators and librarians.

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• Read more about Exhibit: What Is a Quasquicentennial? (Oct. 13-Dec. 19, 2025)

While English and humanities studies have been part of the Arizona State University story from the beginning (1885), the Department of English was first mentioned in the 1900 Normal School of Arizona catalog. In 2025, the Department of English at ASU celebrates its 125th year as an official department — a quasquicentennial.

• Read more about Nature Journaling: Species Account

Join ASU Library's Naturespace in Hayden Library to learn about species within the library's natural history collection. In this Nature Journaling exercise, choose specimen in the collection, take a look at it up close and then record your findings through drawing and writing. Observe, document and ask questions about how nature forms patterns.

• Read more about Nature Journaling: Finding Nature's Patterns

Have you ever wondered what kind of patterns form in nature? Discover nature's patterns through journaling. Take a deeper look into the natural world by drawing and writing in a journal at Naturespace in Hayden Library. Discover the similarities between species to learn more about the creatures that share our world. Stop by Naturespace and explore the many patterns found on planet Earth. We can provide you with a journal or bring your own.