Arizona and California library summer updates
Posted: August 1, 2025
It has been amazing to see the library full of students at all hours of the day, busy working together and individually. Students in discussion, using the whiteboards and device chargers, checking out textbook reserves, and listening to lectures while taking notes at our mobile desks and on the couches – this is what the library is made for.
We have made several changes in the physical space of the library we are excited about. We limited study cubicles to the back of the library and expanded the table group study while adding three more adjustable standing desks. In the back of the library, we finished our chair replacement program and increased the number of second monitors we have available to students to use. If you are headed to Palm, go down the hall and look in the media room where our new 3D printer is up and running almost 24/7. We will have recarpeted the back half of the space as well.
Phew, that makes me tired just reading it!
As we go forward into the Fall, we look forward to replacing our well-loved, motley study tables. We are piloting a Cura corner with fidget devices this Fall; it was mobbed and we will be restocking it on a slower basis to make it sustainable.
Thank you to all the schools and programs for inviting us to your orientations, it seems the students heard our message.
We look forward to serving our ASDOH, ASHS and SOMA partners as well as our other support departments. If you have an idea for improving the library or our services, please let us know.
Hal Bright, ATSU-ASDOH Liaison Librarian
Leslie Golamb, ATSU-ASHS and ATSU-SOMA Liaison Librarian
Laura Barkema, ATSU-ASHS Liaison Librarian
Mohammad Aslam, Electronic Resources Librarian
Marimar Murillo, Library Assistant
California Campus Library Updates
In addition to the new furniture and layout of the library, the California branch of the library has also welcomed new models, added with the input from the ATSU-CCPA faculty. We also hosted the ever popular snack break in the library, with pop tarts, coffee, and cutie oranges.
Hal Bright, ATSU-CCPA Liaison Librarian
Dot Winslow, Library Assistant
