Feb 27, 2023 5 Great Books on Women’s History
Celebrate Women’s History month with these five books from the library selected by Librarian Allyson Mower....
Feb 23, 2023 Reverend France Davis’ Sermons Now Available Online
With more than 45 years as Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City, Reverend France Davis (now retired) had penned over 1,100 sermons. During the fall of 2022, Rev. Davis contributed these sermons to the Marriott Library’s Special Collections. Rev. Davis’ sermons have...
Feb 21, 2023 Chat Bots Rising
By TJ Ferrill Photo created using DALL·E, an AI system by OpenAI: Chat bots have been all the rage lately, and there’s little question as to why. With the recent research preview release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, many translation tasks are suddenly a textbox away. Describe a thing...
Feb 21, 2023 Materials Collection Moves to ProtoSpace!
By Luke Leither Visitors to the Knowledge Commons in the last two months may have noticed a large vacancy on the North side. The Materials Collection, which occupied that space with eye-catching colors and textures is no longer there. Fortunately, there is no cause to be...
Feb 16, 2023 Books to Read for Women’s Week 2023
Come join us at the library’s 2023 Women’s Week event. You can hear great speakers, ask questions, and come away with new ideas on how to enact anti-violence policies. All of the books on this list will be on display during the event along with...
Feb 14, 2023 Malby Globes – The first gift to the University
As pioneers headed west in the mid-1800s, secured in their covered wagons were treasures of books, maps, and scientific charts for their trek across the country to now present-day Salt Lake City. Within these pioneer treasures were two one-of-a-kind globes known as the "Malby Globes,"...
Feb 14, 2023 Book of the Week — Apologie du Silence en Amour
Silence, then, becomes the companion of lovers...
Feb 09, 2023 A Peek at Darwin’s Pivotal “On the Origin of Species”
Did you know that Special Collections holds a first edition of Charles Darwin’s “Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection,” published in 1859 and signed by Darwin himself? ...
Feb 06, 2023 Great Books at UMFA’s Many Wests Exhibition
A list of recommended books brought to you by the Women’s Resource Center....