News & Announcements

  • Items from IDW Collection

    IDW Founders Collection

    The IDW Founders Collection enhances comics at SDSU.

  • Library homepage

    New Library Website

    The Library is launching a new website on August 1, to better align with the campus's site.

  • Exploring Race in Society database

    Exploring Race in Society

    A full-text research database that offers essential content covering race-related issues

  • Student Computing Hub

    Temporary Closure of 2nd Floor Love Library

    Heads up! The 2nd floor of Love Library will be completely closed from June 5 to June 9. This includes access to the staircases, so be prepared to use the elevators to move around.

  • San Diego Computer Museum Logo

    Status of the San Diego Computer Museum Collection

    The San Diego Computer Museum (http://www.computer-museum.org/) donated its collection to the San Diego State University Library in 2005 and, since then, materials from that collection have been used occasionally in library exhibitions and public programs. The collection is currently unprocessed and unavailable for use by the public.

  • Cover art from Micro Misterio 489, Los Titeres.

    ¡Micro Misterio!

    Special Collections and University Archives is beyond thrilled to announce our acquisition of a collection of cover art from rare Mexican pulp mini-comics!

  • From the engraved title page of Apian's Cosmographia (1524)

    Collection Spotlight: Historic Astronomy

    Special Collections is home to the Ernst Zinner Historic Astronomy Collection. This world-class collection contains some of the oldest and rarest titles in the library, including thirteen incunabula (books printed before 1501), the first edition of Nicolaus Copernicus’ seminal text, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543), and Tycho Brahe’s Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica (1602).

  • Illustration of different types of Americans in voting booths

    The Vote in Words and Pictures

    November is Coming! And this year, with it comes another national election in the United States. We thought it would be fun to raise awareness about our democratic system by taking a look at some comic books that explore democracy and voting in the United States.

  • Index of Prohibited Books title page

    Banned Books Week 2020

    In honor of Banned Books Week, Special Collections invites you to consider how dominant power structures have the ability to shape history and society by restricting access to information.

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