The Final Stretch: The Marriott Library is Here for U!

Here's a few quick links and some information about services to help you out as we head towards the end of Fall Semester....

21 October, 2020 / 0 Comments

Rare Books Digital Exhibition — Enquiring Minds

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...

20 October, 2020 / 0 Comments

Contribute to the COVID-19 Digital Collection and get a chance to win an e-reader!

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....

19 October, 2020 / 2 Comments

3D Printing During a Pandemic Summer: Lessons Learned

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....

14 October, 2020 / 1 Comment

Rare Books Digital Exhibition — Travelers: Forty Years of Books To Go

"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...

13 October, 2020 / 0 Comments

Migrant Connections: Immigrant and Refugee Stories from Utah to Greece

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...

12 October, 2020 / 1 Comment

Rare Books Virtual Lecture — Armchair Indigeneity

"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,...

09 October, 2020 / 0 Comments

A Glimpse of the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

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,”...

08 October, 2020 / 0 Comments

6 Recommendations for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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....

08 October, 2020 / 0 Comments

Dean’s Message, October 2020

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. ...

08 October, 2020 / 1 Comment