Booksellers do more than sell books—they preserve history, connect readers with rare finds, and keep the literary marketplace alive. "The Peddler" from Das Ständebuch (Book of Trades) By Jost Amman & Hans Sachs New York: Dover Publications, 1973 PT1762 E8 1973 Join us on Friday, November 21 from 6:00-8:00 pm in...
The Marriott Library celebrated its Ski and Snow Sports Archives at the annual Ski Affair, which benefits the Archives, one of the largest in the world dedicated to the history of the ski industry, regional competitions and the 2002 Winter Olympics. ...
The Rare Books Department invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture: Books to Die for. This October has been a frighteningly busy month for the University of Utah’s Rare Books Department as we prepared for our spookiest event of the year, “BOO!ks to Die For,”...
AANHPI Heritage Month is a time to honor and celebrate the rich cultures, histories and contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Whether you're looking to deepen your understanding of AANHPI heritage or simply wanting to read powerful stories by AANHPI authors, here...
Faculty, researchers, and graduate students are invited to reveal the beauty and impact of their work through a single, striking image or video this spring....
Every page begins as a piece of paper, but not all paper is as plain as it seems. When you lift a sheet toward the light, you might notice a shadowed emblem: a fleur-de-lys, a jester, or a delicate line of text woven into the fibers....
"I think about food the way I think about art and literature. I think of them all as these really simple, effective links. They all kind of create their own systems of communication." - Sandra Trujillo Wednesday, October 15, marked the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month. The...
By Anna Neatrour, Head of Digital Library Services, J. Willard Marriott Library and Ed Muñoz, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies Construyendo Latinidades: Continuing on Our Ancestors’ Legacies November 3, 3:00 P.M. Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium, Level 1 Free and open to the public Directions and parking The Marriott Library, in collaboration...
For this year's Banned Books Week, the J. Willard Marriott Library will feature award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson. She will discuss the connection between books being banned and the "difficult" subject matter some of them contain, and examine our collective responsibility to offer America's readers...
Some books have secrets… Have you ever noticed the decorated edges of your old books? Sometimes gilded, marbled, or speckled in red, these embellishments give the book a more precious appearance, but also add an additional protective layer for the text block. If you look more...