By Jessica Colbert, Resident Librarian April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. -The Waste Land, first 7 lines, by T.S. Eliot I love spring....
Meet Helen Elizabeth Davis. She’s a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology who is looking for the best method to measure how environment affects cognitive performance in children across the globe. Davis currently works with the Spatial Cognition and Navigation (SCAN) lab to assess the impact of...
It's that time of the semester! As finals approach, we have lots of ways to help you de-stress as you study here at the library. April 23rd - Free Yoga, Katherine's Courtyard (Level 1 or 2), 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Please join us for a free...
Attention all print and design enthusiasts! The Marriott Library’s Book Arts Program is hosting a workshop with renowned type designer, Richard Kegler. Kegler, lead designer and founder of P22 Type Foundry, will be leading a two-day workshop on April 13 and 14 entitled “Modular Typography:...
Roger Paxton, Ph.D. has been working quietly and diligently as a volunteer behind the scenes of Special Collections for years. Since February of 2005, Roger – as he prefers to go by – has logged more than 2,000 days – that’s 7,000 hours – processing...
Brothers Toby and Norm have contributed papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other treasures chronicling their father’s and family’s legacy. The collection is now available to the public through the Special Collections Department on level 4. The following Rosenblatt biological sketch was written by Roger...
[caption id="attachment_8574" align="alignnone" width="740"] The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Left) & the J. Willard Marriott Library (Right)[/caption] We are delighted to announce a collaborative grant awarded to the library and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The project entitled “Landscape,...
On March 2nd, the J. Willard Marriott Library celebrated it's 50th anniversary to a crowd of over 200 students, community members, donors, & more. The event featured remarks from President David W. Pershing (University of Utah), Dean Alberta Comer (Marriott Library), Saeed Shihab (ASUU Vice President),...
Hello again, lovely people! I hope your New Year is going well, whether you celebrate the Western solar new year, or the Lunar New Year. I happen to celebrate both. Double trouble! I don’t have much to update on my project rotation. I’m doing reference. I’m...
Written by Rick Anderson, Associate Dean of Collections & Scholarly Communication We are here to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an unusually fine library building, and of a visionary gift made to the University of Utah by a family that has been a friend and sponsor...