By Justin Sorensen Maps, whether they be interactive applications or visual graphics, have the ability to express large amounts of information to viewers in ways text alone cannot. More than simple points, lines, and polygons overlaid on a model of the Earth’s surface, maps share and...
The Day of the Dead is an indigenous-based celebration to honor ancestors and to center the cycle of life-death in collective memories. In 2003, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared El Día De los Muertos as a Cultural Heritage for Humanity....
Jordan Hanzon, Marketing Account Executive at the Marriott Library, recently received the University of Utah’s Staff Excellence Award....
By TJ Ferrill Fall 2023 in ProtoSpace at the Marriott Library has been a season of change. Success takes many forms in a flexible and open space such as ProtoSpace, so it can be helpful to look at a few recent highlights to get a sense...
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...
Welcome! The Data Extract is the Marriott Library’s all new, weekly research data management newsletter, brought to you by your research data librarians: Madison Golden and Kaylee Alexander....
The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah is delighted to announce that Gregory C. Thompson (Greg), Ph.D., former Associate Dean for Special Collections, will receive this year’s S. J. Quinney Award for outstanding contributions to skiing....
In collaboration with the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) at the University of Utah, the Book Arts Program (BAP) at the J. Willard Marriott Library has developed a ’zine titled Influential Indigenous Leaders....
When the name of Western Americana, Rare Books, and University Archives was changed to “Special Collections” in 1971, it reflected a major shift in the holdings. In addition to the growing emphasis of rare books, Special Collections Director, Everett Cooley, was also made responsible of...
In fact, the region’s snow totals of 2022-2023 were so monumental that the season will be the feature of the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Ski Affair, to be held Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 6:00 P.M. at the Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House on the...