Remembering Rick Reese – Leading Utah Rock Climber
[caption id="attachment_25254" align="alignleft" width="185"] Rick Reese's Junior Yearbook Photo, 1964 Utonian, University of Utah[/caption] Rick Reese, a former University of Utah student and employee, passed away on January 9, 2022. Rick Reese was a well-known climber and conservationist. He established many rock climbs in Little Cottonwood...
Book of the Week — La Mano dell’Uomo
"My hand now raises the glass, hoping for reasonably happy times, and toasts to your health and ours, and signs...
Announcing New Associate Dean for Special Collections
The Marriott Library is pleased to announce that Dr. Todd Samuelson has accepted the role of Associate Dean for Special Collections, effective immediately....
Expanding Access to Plays and Productions
By Greg Hatch From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when University classes all went virtual, the Marriott Library redoubled its efforts to acquire resources that could be accessed online. And theater has been well represented in these acquisitions. Since January 2020, Marriott Library has purchased...
LEGOs in ProtoSpace
By Luke Leither We are excited to announce the addition of thousands of LEGO pieces and a dedicated LEGO table to ProtoSpace for Spring 2022. The LEGOs were donated to the Fine Arts & Architecture Library by the Lassonde Studios and are now being made available...
Book of the Week — Polygraphice…
"Polygraphice is an art, so much imitating Nature, as that by proportional lines with answerable Colours, it teacheth to represent to the life (and that in plano) the forms of all corporeal things, with their respective passions." Polygraphice; or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting,...
Dean’s Message, January 2022
Whenever our Florida family visit us during the winter, they always say the mountains look as if they are powdered in confectioner’s sugar. Snow in other states might indeed mean it is winter, but here in Utah snow represents another season—the season of skiing. This...
It’s a New Year! Try Something New!
Welcome to 2022! Looking to learn a new skill or just try something new? Look no further because librarian Allyson Mower is here with some great recommends for that! ...
Two Collections … One Search Method
It’s now possible to explore collections held at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) and the Marriott Library through Museum+Library Search....