Jun 29, 2016 Stage Combat Video Project
Hello! The J. Willard Marriott Library’s support for faculty extends beyond the classroom. This post will explore the collaboration between the Video Studio and Prof. Christopher DuVal from the College of Fine Art’s Theatre Program. I was able to shoot, produce, and edit several hours of instructional...
Jun 27, 2016 Book of the week — Janus Press, Greed
GREED Vermont: Janus Press, 2013 N7433.4 V37 G74 2013 Printed on eight leaves connected laterally and folded accordion style to form a continuous strip which is affixed to the cover. Four of the leaves are illustrated with Claire Van Vliet’s black and white lithographs of distorted faces: a...
Jun 22, 2016 Rare Books goes to Argentina!
“Rare Books helped me develop a different perspective on literary analysis.” – Lyuba Basin (Class of 2015 and graduate student in Comparative Literature/Cultural Studies, The University of Utah) Lyuba Basin, former Rare Books Curator, writes from Argentina, where she is spending eight months on a Fulbright...
Jun 20, 2016 Book of the week — Janus Press, Night Street
“Nothing doing.” NIGHT STREET Barbara Luck West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1993 N7433.4 L83 N5 1993 Ten poems concerning the dilemma of a young woman in the city faced with retaining her humanity without being victimized. On colored sheets of paper collaged on black silkscreened pages opposite highly colored offset...
Jun 16, 2016 Gibbs Smith Publishing House
Among the areas we collect in the Special Collections Print and Journal Department are the books of local publishers. One of the most prestigious of those presses is Gibbs Smith located in Kaysville, Utah. Founded by Gibbs M. Smith and originally known as Peregrine Smith in...
Jun 16, 2016 How to use the Material Collection
Physical piece of material Visit the collection on Lvl 2 of the Marriott Library AND TOUCH IT! Accession number and material category Searchable in the Library Catalog AND MCX Database Searching the first 4 digits will show you multiple related samples Brief description of...
Jun 15, 2016 Book of the week — Reports du Tres Erudite Edmund Saunders
“…my small stock of professional knowledge…” REPORTS DU TRES ERUDITE EDMUND SAUNDERS… Edmund Saunders (d. 1683) London: W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and M. Flesher, 1686 First edition Edmund Saunders grew up in poverty. He taught himself to read and write and eventually became Lord Chief Justice during the reign of...
Jun 14, 2016 Relocation of the Fine Arts and Architecture Reference Desk
Greetings, As the primary users of the Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library and its collections, I wanted to use this opportunity to explain small change that we are implementing this summer. Starting last week, our reference services merged with those of the Knowledge...
Jun 13, 2016 We recommend — Book Arts Program workshop, “Letterpress Printing: Text + Image”
Letterpress Printing: Text + Image Crane Giamo, Instructor June 14—August 2 Tuesdays, 5:00—8:00 Book Arts Studio, J. Willard Marriott Library, Level 4 $340, register here. Get a handle on what it takes to crank out an edition of gorgeous letterpress prints. This active, eight-week class introduces the fundamentals of letterpress, from...
Jun 13, 2016 Journal of the week — Slovo
Perich, born in Dubrovnik, lived in Paris from 1965 to 1970. He became close to the Lettrist artists and poets there, as well as a group of underground filmmakers. He presented programs of avant-garde films at the American Film Center every week. In 1970 he...
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