During spring semester of 2014, in Art 4695 Sustainable Design Practice, graphic design student Tony Chin developed a new set of graphics for the quad recycling bins located in the Marriott Library. The idea was that with a more innovative approach to the design, more...
How many people does it take to change a lightbulb? If you ask Larry Smith that question, he’ll likely say, “Only one if you use my custom wrench.” Larry, Custodial Crew Leader at the U, was tired of spending 20 minutes to change one lightbulb. Because...
“Farewel, my friends! farewel, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those: The bursting tears my heart declare- Farewel, the bonie banks of Ayr!” — Robert Burns, 1786 The staff of the Rare Books Department extends its heartfelt condolences to the family of Frederick S. Buchanan (1931-2016). Professor...
In the days before World War II, if you wanted to go down a river you went in a wooden boat. By the late 1930s, the types of wooden boats used to run rivers had settled into a few major types; the light, flat-bottom skiff...
Are you searching for an interesting way of sharing and expressing your data with your audience? Are words sometimes not enough to relay the findings and conclusions you want to express from your research? Consider creating a cartographic map, interactive map or geospatial...
“I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right, then, I’ll GO to hell.’” THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN… Mark Twain (1835-1910) London: Chatto &...
Special Collections Print and Journal carries an array of information and history regarding Utah’s LGBTQ community and Utah Pride. Examples from the collections date to as early as January 1976. Editors of THE SALT LICK report on the naming of this important historical publication, offering...
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” This is a quote written by Harvard history professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in 1976 in a scholarly article. The phrase went viral -- and can still be found today on t-shirts, mugs, and bumper stickers. In 2007 Ulrich went on...
My name is Robert Nelson and I am the Audio Projects Librarian. The Audio Studio, in the Marriott Library’s Faculty Center, was established to assist the University of Utah research and student community in the integration of digital learning objects into curriculum/course projects. The Audio Studio...
“…let my mind meditate upon it; let my tongue speak of it. Let my heart love it; let my mouth talk of it. Let my soul hunger for it; let my flesh thirst for it; let my whole being desire it…” OPERA Saint Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury...