“The beet is the ancient ancestor of the autumn moon…” The beet is the ancient ancestor of the autumn moon… Tom Robbins (b. 1932) PS3568 O233 B4 1990z Broadside printed ca. 1990s. Printer unknown. View the original article on the OpenBook Blog...
Tricia Treacy is a Philadelphia-born interdisciplinary designer, artist and educator. Her creative practice is actively engaged in the field of design with an emphasis on collaborative practices and experimental bookmaking. Combining design, printmaking, typography, writing, bookmaking and digital fabrication, her work has been collected and...
“It seems that from a King, the Majesty fades Without many servants trailing his royalty It may be grand to engage them in spades But it is a great pain to depend on their loyalty.” Tablettes de la vie et de la mort Pierre Mathieu (1593-1621) A Paris: Iean Petit-Paz, rue...
What do 3D computer modeling, virtual reality, and rare architecture books have in common? Beginning this semester, the K.W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library is exploring our unique collections through use of new technologies and virtual environments. We will begin this initiative by building three-dimensional...
Contributed by Kinza Masood Marriott Library’s Migration from CONTENTdm to SolPhal - MWDL Webinar Series MWDL appreciates the research and initiatives launched, and progress made by its partners. These partner endeavors lead to amazing teachable moments we can all benefit from as a community that strives to share information...
The Map of the Week for September 18th explores various historic landmarks and locations found throughout the State of Utah that fall under the National Historic Preservation Act, passed in 1966 to aid in preserving places, sites, features, and structures deemed worthy of this designation....
Click to view slideshow. The J. Willard Marriott Library has a great collection of seminal science works in its Rare Books Department. Visit level 3 of the library to see images from some of these books. Join us for a lecture on September 28. Frontiers of Science ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From...
“Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge.” La Divina Commedia Angelica Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Castel Guelfo di Bologna, Italy: Imago la Nobilita del Facsimile, 2016 PQ4301 A1 2016 Facsimile. MS1102 from the Biblioteca Angelica, this late fourteenth century Bolognese codex...
New Frontiers of Arabic Papyrology: Arabic and Multilingual Texts from Early Islam, edited by Sobhi Bouderbala, Sylvie Denoix, and Matt Malczycki, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2017 Papers presented at the fifth conference of the International Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP), held in Tunisia in 2012. The cover...
Interested in how GIS can assist in research and projects you’re developing? With expert assistance and a variety of support services available, GIS Services at the Marriott Library is available to collaboratively assist students, staff and faculty with the transformation and visualization of data through...