In celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd, here are a few film recommendations from Joni Clayton to watch. All of these can be streamed for free by any current University of Utah student, staff, and faculty....
Starting this semester, Special Collections Reference Librarian Rachel Ernst has been hosting weekly drop-in sessions for students to be able to learn more about the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Special Collections....
Radical! A Retrospective of Twentieth Century Dissent A Rare Books Exhibition Level 4, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery J. Willard Marriott, The University of Utah March 18 through June 17, 2022 This exhibition is free and open to the public. This exhibition was originally curated in the summer of 2020 — amid...
Alberta Comer, dean of libraries, will retire on December 31, 2022. Since becoming dean of the J. Willard Marriott Library in August 2013, Comer has initiated impactful changes that have rippled across campus. Under her direction, the library has expanded its outreach to the community,...
It’s Women’s History Month, it’s nearly spring and Pride Week, the semester is half-way over, but the pandemic is still on!! Here are five hopefully-inspiring books for March 2022: ...
“Souls are of no sex, any more than wit, genius, or any other of the intellectual faculties.” Biographium fæmineum. The Female Worthies: or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of all ages and nations. London: Printed for S. Crowder, and J. Payne in Paternoster-Row; J. Wilkie, and...
By Robert Nelson For almost a decade, the One Button Studio has been a highly used video production space for the University of Utah community, located on Level 2 of the Marriott Library. The background: Penn State University crafted a simple and effective way to generate...
"There are women of many descriptions In this queer world, as everyone knows. Some are living in beautiful mansions, And are wearing the finest of clothes. There are blue blood queens and princesses, Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl But the only and thoroughbred lady Is the Rebel Girl...
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." — Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel Tailleurs Lenitis Paris: Tailleurs Lenitis, 1939 TT555 T35 1939 Prior to the 1830s, the word “tweed”...
February is Black History Month and the University of Utah's Black Cultural Center has many events planned including a partnered event with the J. Willard Marriott Library about books & movies. That event will feature "Meligha Garfield (director of the Black Cultural Center) and Sara...