Humans have been compiling information to answer an infinity of questions for thousands of years. From Ptolemy to Izaak Walton, the best minds have annotated, edited, translated, measured, arranged, and defined what it means to live a life of wonder. From facsimiles of medieval encyclopedias, almanacs...
University of Utah Students will be entered into a drawing for an e-reader when they contribute to the COVID-19 Digital Collection, which has been created to document the changes at the University of Utah and greater Utah community during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Assistant Head of Creative Spaces, TJ Ferrill, takes us on a journey to explore the history of 3D scanning technologies and resources at the Marriott Library....
"Let the paper remain on the desk unwritten, and the book on the shelf unopen’d!" -- Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road Peter and Donna Thomas are book artists from Santa Cruz, CA. Since 1977 they have worked both collaboratively and individually; letterpress printing, hand-lettering...
By Justin Sorensen One of the things I enjoy most about GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology is the ability to present projects and research in new and exciting ways. One area in particular is the storytelling process and the ability to apply methods for bringing new...
"An object is not an object. It is the witness to a relationship" -- Cecilia Vicuña The Rare Books Department invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture, "Armchair Indigeneity: Memory, Language, Dissolution, Exile, Extinction." We look at writings by and about indigenous peoples in Mexico,...
The 1918 Spanish Flu that blanketed the globe, killing more than 50 million, has been studied and compared in the digital exhibition “The 1918 Spanish Flu in Utah.” Additionally, the staff of the Utah Digital Newspapers has curated a special section “The 1918 Flu Newspapers,”...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). The Center for Student Wellness is leading an annual campus-wide campaign in an effort to promote awareness, address prevention, and prompt response around DV. From their website, "Domestic violence affects millions, of every race, religion, culture and status....
With the historical Vice Presidential Debate held last week on the U’s campus and the upcoming presidential election just days away, this is an opportune time to reflect on the democratic process and to remember important milestones from the past. ...
To you, my children, These lovely flowers I give. Prune ye my vines and fig trees, With care my flowers tend, But keep the pathway open Your home is at the end. from "God's Garden" -- Robert Frost The first Mesopotamian writings on clay tablets included information about plants. Ancient pharmacopoeias recorded...
