Jan 08, 2025 ProtoSpace Services Open to Entire U Community

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The helpful staff in ProtoSpace were able to help Anne McMurtrey, the director of the University Writing Center with a very special 3D printing project. ...

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Jan 06, 2025 Ballet West Featured in Library Exhibition

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The exhibition in the Special Collections Reading Room at this time mostly concerns traditional ballet from the Ballet West Records (Accn1129).  The collection is an accumulation of the history of Ballet West, which was created in 1951 by Willem Christensen as the first ballet dance...

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Jan 06, 2025 2025, We’re Ready to Go!

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It’s a new year and here at the Marriott Library we’re ready to welcome students back to spring semester! ...

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Jan 02, 2025 ‘Faith and the Fight,’ Library to host MLK week conversation with Utah religious leaders

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In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tireless work, please join us for a discussion, led by Pastor Emeritus France Davis (retired from Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City), and including pastors from several Black Churches along the Wasatch Front....

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Jan 02, 2025 Ancient Papyri, How It Found Utah and How It Is Being Preserved

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For over 3000 years, papyrus was the dominant writing material in the Middle East and Mediterranean world before the introduction of paper. Languages as diverse as Egyptian, Greek and Arabic were written on it. The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library...

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Jan 02, 2025 Using a Modern Technique to Restore Ancient Papyri

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For over 3,000 years, papyrus was the dominant writing material in the Middle East and Mediterranean world before the introduction of paper.  Languages as diverse as Egyptian, Greek and Arabic were written on it. The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library is...

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Dec 18, 2024 EBSCOhost Databases Now Have Improved User Interfaces

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The vast set of databases and journals covering nearly all fields of study, EBSCOhost will be migrating to a new user interface (UI) for users. EBSCOhost is one of the largest electronic resources available to students, faculty and staff at the University of Utah....

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Dec 05, 2024 Librarians: Here When and Where you Need them

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When you think “librarian” what comes to mind? A stiff-minded, strict enforcer of the old-school quiet library rule? Well, shove that image back on the shelf because the face of today’s academic librarian is a completely new chapter. Meet librarian Dale Larsen. Dale has worked...

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Dec 02, 2024 The History of Israel and Palestine Through Rare Books

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Did you know that you can schedule a time to visit the Rare Books Classroom and see treasures beyond your wildest imagination? First editions of Euclid and Galileo, a Hebrew scroll found in Spain and a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible are just a few...

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Nov 14, 2024 Library Student Employee Opened for Red Fest 2024 Concert

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While the library is normally known for being quiet, one student employee is certainly making some loud waves. Simon Griffen is not only part of the library’s Operations & Protection Services team but is the lead singer of Blue Rain Boots and the drummer for...

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