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The New ASU Story:
Academic Freedom - Research
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On opening day the Territorial School at Tempe library consisted
of a dictionary and a terrestrial globe on a shelf in the original building. Today
the ASU Library nine branches have a collection of 3.1 million volumes, ranked
37th largest research library in the US and Canada.
The first mention of a library in the 1889 catalog listed the holdings as
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Normal School Library 2nd floor Old Main
1907
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a newly
acquired Encyclopedia Britannica. Old Main opened in 1898, and the new library housed 700 volumes on history, science, education and general literature, and other
periodicals including publications from the Smithsonian Institution. As attendance
increased and new degrees were added, the library collection expanded to support the
new curriculum. Matthews Library opened in 1930 with 14,000 volumes.
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