Wow! We’re already more than halfway through Fall semester. It’s been great having the opportunity to meet so many students and faculty this semester working on interesting projects and providing GIS support to help them achieve their project goals. For fall...
1831 edition illustrations by Theodor von Holst “The day of my departure at length arrived.” Title: Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus Author: Mary W. Shelley The National Library (Third) Edition; First Illustrated Edition Published: London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 Pages: 200; Introduction and Preface included. Call Number: PR5397 F7 1831 Mary...
Kansas filmmaker Herk Harvey drove past Saltair only a couple of years after the once extravagant resort closed its doors forever, but the structure was already crumbling. The ghostly sight of the dilapidated pavilion inspired his atmospheric horror film, Carnival of Souls (1962), a cult...
A Black, E white, I red, U green, O blue: vowels, I will someday speak of your unseen births: A, black corset bristling with glittering flies That buzz around cruel smells, Gulfs of shadow; E, innocent vapours and tents, Lances of proud glaciers, white kings, frissons of an inflorescence; I, crimsons,...
Darby Fanning, Associate Librarian and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Studies, has been focusing her career on International Studies. She currently is spending a year at the Utah Asia Campus (UAC), which is part of the Incheon Global Campus, located in...
One of the emerging digital trends in academic coursework is Digital Storytelling. Ken Burns, who produced The Civil War television series for PBS, is considered the godfather of this medium. Digital Storytelling is defined as developing a story, usually written or composed as a storyboard. The...
A sampling of the work for Stranger & Stranger: paintings by Maureen O’Hara Ure, with poems by Katharine Coles. Purchase Now “Luck Irish” “A New World Bestiary” “Beast” detail “Into The Wilderness” “Into the Wilderness” detail “The Family Tree” “Deluge”...
Congratulations to Lorelei Rutledge! She has been selected as an American Library Association Emerging Leaders for the Class of 2017. "The American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders (EL) program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with...
Past cure I am, now Reason is past care, And frantic-mad with evermore unrest; My thoughts and my discourse as madmen’s are, At random from the truth vainly expressed; For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night. Duet Marie C....
While there are always lots of exciting projects to talk about in the 3D printing world, this post will focus on an upcoming service the Marriott Library will soon unveil. In an effort to provide innovative and forward-thinking services, the Library has taken the plunge...