In today’s blog post representing the offerings within the Audio-Visual Services team, I will describe the difference between the Audio Studio (located in the Faculty Center) and a recording studio. Since 2010, the Marriott Library has provided Students, Staff, and Faculty with the opportunity to take...
I’m writing this post today in between interview meetings for a search committee I’m on. Considering I was on the other side of this process in early April, it’s interesting to be the person evaluating a candidate. One thing I’ve appreciated about being on a...
Formerly known as Geek Week, the J. Willard Marriott Library and ASUU have teamed up to give the week a "glow up". Stress Buster Week aims to help students destress during the week leading up to finals. The event lasts from December 4th until the...
It all started in 2001 —the digitizing of Utah newspapers for the Utah Digital Newspapers archive (UDN) – one of the first projects of its kind in the nation. Today the UDN is celebrating a milestone. Staff at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott...
The Map of the Week for November 27th takes an in-depth looking into past, current, and future populations of the world based on estimated projections by the United Nations for each country. #MapMonday Examining Past, Current, and Future Populations of the World Population numbers are on the...
El Ama del Cura “Dear reader, it will not have escaped your insightful sensitivity that you are the friend to whom I have written from the beginning.” — Jose Maria Tenorio, loosely translated by Luise Poulton Los Espanoles pintados por si mismos por varios autores Madrid: Gaspar y...
Dr. Ronald Rubin has donated four issues of early American newspapers highlighting Jewish contributions to commerce. The Pennsylvania Packet, Philadelphia, October 9, 1781, features an advertisement by Haym Salomon, broker, considered the Financier of the American Revolution. In the news that day, a report on the war...
Happy GIS Day! November 15, 2017 marks international GIS Day – a day devoted to demonstrating the real-world applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and how it makes a difference within our society. This global movement brings together universities, government agencies, schools, non-profits, and GIS...
The Map of the Week for November 13th examines the physical extent of the prehistoric pluvial lake known as Lake Bonneville, which covered most of the Utah territory until approximately 14,500 years ago. Through this interactive application, viewers have the opportunity to examine the depth...
“All for the People and all Through the People” — Programma Revolution had been bleeding red on the tongues of Russian citizens for a least a decade before the fateful Autumn of 1917 when the Bolsheviks seized power from Tsar Nicholas II, ending the 300 year...