By TJ Ferrill In anticipation of the arrival of new furniture in the Library's Knowledge Commons, the video game consoles and media viewing stations have moved! Previously in the Fine Arts & Architecture Library, you can now find the Playstation 4, XBox One, and other consoles...
By Justin Sorensen During this past summer, my colleague Anthony Sams and I had the privilege of hosting several public events throughout Utah for the Downwinders of Utah Archive – an educational resource designed to share the story of nuclear weapons testing conducted at the Nevada...
Virescit vulnere virtus (Virtue grows stronger from being wounded) Orontii finei delphinatis, regii mathematicarvm professoris, de solaribus horologiis… Oronce Fine (1494-1555) Parisiis: apud Gulielmum Cauellat, 1560 First edition QB215 F55 1560 Oronce Fine was the son of a physician who drew, in part, upon astrology for his medicine, as was the...
By Justin Sorensen It’s that time of year again…time for the World Series! Beginning in 1903, the World Series became an annual event (with the exceptions of 1904 and 1994) where the top teams in Major League Baseball battle it out to prove who the best...
It’s hard to pick a textbook nowadays. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was someone who could personalize a recommendation for you? Good news! Allyson Mower, Associate Librarian, has been helping faculty members find and choose textbooks for their curriculum for almost a year now...
“A colour shines in its surroundings. (Just as eyes only smile in a face)” - Ludwig Wittgenstein Remarks on Colour Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951) Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, Art Center College of Design, 2000 xBF 789 C7 W513 2000 During the last few years of his life, Ludwig Wittgenstein...
Idaho State University Ph.D candidate, Cana Itchuaqiyaq, stands in awe of Jessica Spring's "Parts Unknown" Last week Paula Jull, bookmaker and Idaho State University Professor Emeritus in Visual Communication and Graphic Design, met up with her former student Cana Itchuaqiyaq to look at books by...
"And with Him are the keys of the Invisible. None but He Knoweth them. And He Knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but He Knoweth it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of wet...
“The Victorian Popular Culture database is particularly important as it consists largely of ephemera. These are historical sources that were not produced to last and thus have survived largely by chance,” explained Professor Nadja Durbach, a Professor of History at the University of Utah. She...
By Robert Nelson Greetings, As Head of Media Studios, responsible for projects conceived and recorded in the Audio Studio, I get to connect with a lot of creative people wanting to record interesting things. Podcasts, video game effects, interviews. On occasion I will come into someone who wants...