Life at the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus: Happy Birthday, the US Library of Congress

30 January 2008

Happy Birthday, the US Library of Congress

It was on this day in 1815 that Thomas Jefferson accepted payment of $23,950 for his personal collection of 6,487 books thus establishing the modern-day Library of Congress. Today, the Library has over 30 million books (but over 134.5 million items) for all to see but for only the members of Congress to check out.

So celebrate this day by visiting your local library - be it a city- or county-run library or even a college/university library.

Edward Jensen

1 comment:

Candi said...: I love Libraries!!!!; Monday, 04 February, 2008

Getting between the ASU Downtown Phoenix and Tempe campuses

Since it opened 27 December 2008, METRO Light Rail has changed how we get from point A to point B in Phoenix. As students of one university in many places, we know that there are times when we have to be on the Downtown Phoenix campus and also on the Tempe campus.

As a commuter student, I have to stay up-to-date on transportation news so I can arrive for classes on time. And it seems appropriate that I share this with you. The Spring 2009 semester marks a change in intercampus commuting. It is my hope that with this information, getting from one campus to another will be as painless as possible.

As I hear things, I'll post them to this blog using the theme "Intercampus Commuting". So far, I have the big changes posted. And as always, let me know if you have questions!