On May 17, 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public education is unconstitutional and that separate educational facilities were "inherently unequal". Overturning the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson in which “separate but equal” facilities were allowed and often encouraged, Brown v....
TRAITTE DES DIUERTISSEMENS, INCLINATIONS, &… Potier de Morais (fl. 1644-1670) Paris: Pierre Moreau, 1644 Only edition DC133.32 P64 1644 Set in the exotic Orient, this novel on the education of a prince was written for and dedicated to six-year-old Louis XIV. Potier de Morais added pedagogy on the art of...
“This is the art of arts, the science of sciences. The valuable treasures of wisdom and knowledge, desired by all men, come out of the deep shadow of hiding, enriching and illuminating a world in the hands of evil. The unlimited power of books…now spreads...
First, I’ve been spending time developing a realistic report on our 3D scanning capabilities. Recently we were awarded grant funding to purchase a brand new Artec Spider 3D scanner, which has some really fantastic capabilities. Able to detect features as small as 0.3mm, this scanner...
These commentaries are excerpts from an assigned project for Humanities4900/6900, “Indigenous Peoples: Social and Cultural Perspectives,” taught by Isabel Dulfano, Spring semester 2016. Students studied demographics, Mayan epigraphy, Incan kipu, archaeology, linguistics and other topics as an interdisciplinary approach to critically expanding their understanding of...
“o Prince of Poetry” Dhikrá Shaksipīr Aḥmad Zakī Abū Shādī (1892-1955) Egypt: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Salafīyah, 1926 First edition PJ7808.S5 D55 1926 The Egyptian poet Aḥmad Zakī Abū Shādī was a man of many talents. Not only was he renowned as a poet and man of letters, he was also trained as a...
One of the most unexpected collections in the Audio-Visual Archive is the Blair Dean Utah Natural Bodybuilding Video Collection (A0077), http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99673/. Featured above are Paula Kid and Ron Lee Kid competing in the 1983 Utah Bodybuilding Championships. Over the course of a long career promoting drug...
Brady Nelson, a junior who’s majoring in economics and minoring in business, stands at the library security desk, smiling and greeting patrons. He’s not the sort of person who you’d expect to be in security – hovering to ensure that books aren’t stolen and that...
Her name is Leslie Felder. She arrives with three large bags: her school backpack, the diaper bag, and the bag that contains water bottles, changes of clothes, favorite toys, cheerios… She also has her two young children, Stanley (three years-old) and Leora (15 months) in...
“Matt Christensen, a sophomore in engineering, took time to look at the display between classes. ‘I think it’s really interesting how they’ve created something both new and fresh, but out of a format we’re all used to,’ Christensen said.” Land-Art Inspired Library Exhibit Showcases Books As Art...