Dear Rare Reader, You might remember from our last chat that we recently installed an exhibition on the fourth floor of the Marriott Library about the Deseret Alphabet, a late nineteenth-century typographic pet project of Brigham Young’s. Since then, we have been busy promoting both the...
With support from the Cahoon Lectureship Fund, the J. Willard Marriott Library Preservation Lab recently collaborated with the Utah Division of Arts & Museums and Utah Historical Society to invite Seattle-based art conservator Lisa Duncan to teach a two-day, statewide photograph conservation workshop....
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...
Each year the Marriott Library celebrates the accomplishments of two graduating students in the Honors College by awarding them $1,000 for their outstanding Honors theses. Congratulations to Auriana Dunn and Max Lepore on receiving the Alison Regan Library Thesis Award!...
Excitement was in the air when the new schedule was announced for this year’s Stress Buster Week at the library, a week of nutritious food and resources to support students as they prepare for final exams....
Ecofiction is a genre that roots itself in the interconnectedness of life. Rather than using nature merely as a setting, ecofiction treats the natural world and the threats it faces as central forces shaping plots and characters. While some authors ground their writing in the...
The Rare Books Department at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library is excited to announce that registration is now open for the Designing Deseret Symposium. ...
They say that “No one ever graduates from the library, but no one graduates without it” and I feel that is true. In these two stories, we see students connecting with librarians in ways that affect their entire scholarship and their success. ...
ProQuest Ebook Central is transitioning to a new eBook reader app that includes improved accessibility....
Kathleen Williams isn’t your typical Honors undergraduate; she has broad interest in a variety of studies. She majored in Theatre up until the second semester of her junior year, at which time she changed her major to Middle East Studies. ...