The semester is coming to an end and that can be stressful. The Marriott Library is full of resources to help you with those big finals and we have plenty of room to help you relax. Located on the 2nd Level in the Knowledge Commons...
“…senseless atoms, playing and toying up and down, without any care or thought, and from eternity trying all manner of tricks, conclusions and experiments, were at length (they know not how) taught, and by the necessity of things themselves, as it were, driven…so that though...
Hi everyone! My name is Rachel and I am the Fine Arts and Architecture Library assistant. I am happy to announce that over the summer we received 500 new samples for the Materials Collection and moved the collection into the Knowledge Commons on the second...
Wow! We’re already more than halfway through Fall semester. It’s been great having the opportunity to meet so many students and faculty this semester working on interesting projects and providing GIS support to help them achieve their project goals. For fall...
1831 edition illustrations by Theodor von Holst “The day of my departure at length arrived.” Title: Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus Author: Mary W. Shelley The National Library (Third) Edition; First Illustrated Edition Published: London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 Pages: 200; Introduction and Preface included. Call Number: PR5397 F7 1831 Mary...
A Black, E white, I red, U green, O blue: vowels, I will someday speak of your unseen births: A, black corset bristling with glittering flies That buzz around cruel smells, Gulfs of shadow; E, innocent vapours and tents, Lances of proud glaciers, white kings, frissons of an inflorescence; I, crimsons,...
One of the emerging digital trends in academic coursework is Digital Storytelling. Ken Burns, who produced The Civil War television series for PBS, is considered the godfather of this medium. Digital Storytelling is defined as developing a story, usually written or composed as a storyboard. The...
Past cure I am, now Reason is past care, And frantic-mad with evermore unrest; My thoughts and my discourse as madmen’s are, At random from the truth vainly expressed; For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night. Duet Marie C....
While there are always lots of exciting projects to talk about in the 3D printing world, this post will focus on an upcoming service the Marriott Library will soon unveil. In an effort to provide innovative and forward-thinking services, the Library has taken the plunge...
“A catt may look on a king” Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish… James Howell (1594? – 1666) London: Printed by J.G. for Samuel Thompson, 1660 First and only edition James Howell, born in Wales and educated at Oxford, began his literary career in 1640 with the political allegory, Dendrologia: Dodona’s...
