My father’s mother, Lillian M. Gorham, passed away in December of 2016. Ever since then, I’ve been in pursuit of some way to document her life and my (my family’s) loss. I was anxious about creating something that honestly depicted a person as complicated as...
It has been a busy few weeks for folks in Digital Library Services! We've had several conferences during the month of October. The first conference, which was fun for me to attend, was Samvera Connect. The University of Utah Marriott Library hosted this national conference,...
By TJ Ferrill Library users on the 2nd floor now have access to an Advanced Graphics Workspace in the Knowledge Commons Computer Lab. The workspace is located among the Material Collection shelves on the north end of the lab. The space consists of a new powered...
“No single man makes history. History cannot be seen, just as one cannot see grass growing. Wars and revolutions, kings and Robespierres, are history's organic agents, its yeast. But revolutions are made by fanatical men of action with one-track mind, geniuses in their ability to...
When grief shall rend thy heart, seek thine own soul; Shut out life's din, and find that sacred goal. Queen Moo’s Talisman: The Fall of the Maya Empire Alice Dixon Le Plongeon (1851-1910) New York: Peter Eckler, Publisher, 1902 First edition Alice Dixon Le Plongeon was an English photographer, amateur archaeologist,...
By Justin Sorensen GIS (Geospatial Information Systems) are utilized by many fields and industries throughout the world. To highlight some of these fields, our Map Monday releases for the 2018 Fall Semester will provide examples of ways GIS can be employed within the work performed by...
"Actively or passively, characters always interact with the setting, and each one will do so very differently depending on his or her personality." -- Lyuba Basin Express Yourself: Exploring Creativity in English Language Teacher Education Enrique Alejandro Basabe and Natalia Fabiola Muguiro, eds. Santa Rosa, Argentina: Universidad Nacional...
Join performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña with cameos by Balitronica Gómez for a showcase of his latest solo work, The Most (un) Documented Mexican Artist, a unique perspective on the immediate future of the Americas. With his performance troupe La Pocha Nostra, Gómez-Peña offers critical and humorous commentary about the art...
Behind Utah’s acclaimed ski and snowboard attractions, two low profile entities that have quietly gone about their duties keeping that image in tact will step on to center stage Oct. 30 when they are honored by the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library at...
How do you pull teenagers into a library? It is a question facing every community that cares about its kids and its library. So, this spring when Cheryl Lonebear, the librarian for the Ute Indian Tribe mused about this problem within earshot of...