Virginia Woolf said “…the pursuit of reading is carried on by private people.” So, too, is the pursuit of fine bookmaking. As the quality of bookmaking declined in the nineteenth century due to mass production, a few dedicated book lovers became book makers in order...
With the recent confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, that brings the total number of justices that have served to 115. Amongst those, the James E. Faust Law Library has 97 signatures preserved in an oversized book on display in their rare...
By Justin Sorensen The Coronavirus pandemic has changed our lives in so many ways. In the beginning, it seemed as though our world had turned upside-down, leaving us searching for new ways of conducting business and living our daily lives while accommodating the impacts that social...
O Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds, where they lie cold...
By Justin Sorensen Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth. As you make your way through the world famous theme park, you are surrounded by a vast amount of history and stories, dating back to before the parks official opening in 1955. Many of these stories relate...
Here's a few quick links and some information about services to help you out as we head towards the end of Fall Semester....
Humans have been compiling information to answer an infinity of questions for thousands of years. From Ptolemy to Izaak Walton, the best minds have annotated, edited, translated, measured, arranged, and defined what it means to live a life of wonder. From facsimiles of medieval encyclopedias, almanacs...
University of Utah Students will be entered into a drawing for an e-reader when they contribute to the COVID-19 Digital Collection, which has been created to document the changes at the University of Utah and greater Utah community during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Assistant Head of Creative Spaces, TJ Ferrill, takes us on a journey to explore the history of 3D scanning technologies and resources at the Marriott Library....
"Let the paper remain on the desk unwritten, and the book on the shelf unopen’d!" -- Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road Peter and Donna Thomas are book artists from Santa Cruz, CA. Since 1977 they have worked both collaboratively and individually; letterpress printing, hand-lettering...