By Jordan Hanzon Amidst a recent decision by Washington County Libraries (WCL) to remove LGBTQ+ book displays, Rebekah Cummings, Digital Matters Librarian, is speaking out. Cummings, who also serves as the Utah Library Association (ULA) president, was featured in a Deseret News Op-Ed along side colleague Peter Bromberg,...
An Open Reserve model utilizes open shelving to allow free access to course materials and to aid in the discovery of related materials. Rather than holding course materials behind a desk or in a locked area (a closed reserve model), students can browse freely in...
Once again we eagerly anticipate the start of the fall semester and the arrival of students on campus. From students who are starting their first semester at the U to those who are returning, the campus comes alive with their excitement and enthusiasm....
The Marriott Library operates like a complicated piece of choreography. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning goes on and off, and it lets air into and out of the building in an overlapping sequence of operations. This dance is directed by the building automation system—a...
By Tina Kirkham In time for the nation's 242nd birthday, Marriott Library is celebrating an exciting new addition to Utah Digital Newspapers. A complete run of The Hilltop Times, the official newspaper of Hill Air Force Base, is being digitized and placed online.¹ The bombers that defeated...
Simon Bamberger made history in the early 1900s when, while establishing a railroad empire and building one of the first amusement parks in the western U.S., he became the first non-Mormon, first Democrat, and only Jewish governor in the state of Utah....
Elizabeth Callaway from Digital Matters visited the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) at the University of Victoria and attended the course “Visualizing Information: Where Data Meets Design” taught by Aimée Knight. ...
On May 31st, 2018, Kinza Masood was interviewed by Mary Dickson on KUED as part of the Contact interview series. The interview helped bring light to the amazing resources and information available for free at mwdl.org. Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) is physically housed in...
The Manuscripts Division in Special Collections recently acquired a collection of papers and photographs documenting the life of Hyrum Jenkins Smith*. Smith was born in Salt Lake City on October 18, 1914. His life might have been lived in the ordinary, unremarkable sort-of way that most...
By Rebekah Matt McPherson, a Marriott Library student employee in the Media Studio, chose to feature the Digital Matters Lab in his final assignment for his Radio Journalism class. As part of his assignment, he interviewed Greg Hatch (head of Creativity and Innovation Services), Robert Nelson (Assistant...