As part of the University of Utah’s efforts to prioritize open research, the University Libraries has partnered with the Office of the Vice President for Research to facilitate open-access publishing through a licensing agreement with Elsevier. The agreement allows U of U corresponding authors at...
The Area Studies Teaching & Collections Symposium will be held on May 7-8, 2025 – May 7 at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library and May 8 at Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library. The symposium explores ways to build and use...
Doody’s Core Titles publishes a “Doody’s Special Topics List” that brings together the top books on a given topic picked by content experts. In October 2024, Doody published a Dementia book list that librarians use to evaluate their collections. Associate Librarian Tallie Casucci used this...
Allison McCormack, librarian and Hallie Oines, metadata specialist began working on a project to improve access to the archives of Utah women in the Marriott Library in November 2023. Funded by the National Historical Publication and Records Commission, the project involves researching Marriott Library archival...
There are no shortage of library collections and resources highlighting the historic achievements and remarkable lives of Utah women. Here is just a sampling of what's available in the Marriott Library....
Interested in a dynamic, hands-on experience studying quantitative methods and statistics over the summer in Ann Arbor, Michigan? ICPSR’s summer training program offers courses in research design, statistics, data analysis, and social science methodology....
The year was 1943, and the United States was now heavily engaged in WWII on both the European and Pacific fronts. It was also the year that Alberta Hunt Nicholson, a resident of Salt Lake City, joined the Women’s Airforce Service Project (WASP), aiding in...
What does ethical development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) look like? What are the cultural and historical implications of its use? These are just a couple of questions to be discussed at the Humanities Perspectives on AI Summer Institute at the University of Utah. Applications...
Marie Paiva, librarian at the J. Willard Marriott Library, was recently awarded a Fulbright Specialist Program grant. The award will allow her to complete a project at Mohammed bin Rashid Library in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The project will serve to exchange knowledge and...
Ken Rockwell, metadata librarian in the Marriott Library’s Digital Library Services Department, recently received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Utah Historical Society for creating the Utah Religious Architecture Photograph (URAP) collection and the Salt Lake Religious Architecture Photograph (SLRP) collection....