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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]This panel event features contemporary leading thinkers, civil rights activists, community organizers, and Utah's Black history organization who on June 11, 2022 provided the opportunity for all Utahns to come together in broader awareness and understanding of...

01 March, 2023 /

Registration for this event is currently full, but please look forward to future events with the Rare Books department. There is a word that describes a person who loves to read, admire and collect books. That word is bibliophile, and bibliophiles have existed since antiquity...

01 March, 2023 /

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...

23 February, 2023 /

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...

21 February, 2023 /

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...

21 February, 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...

16 February, 2023 /

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,"...

14 February, 2023 /