Apr 19, 2016 MCX, what’s next?
In a previous post we introduced MCX Utah and the Marriott Library Materials Collection. This time around we want to answer the question “How do I use this collection?” This promotional video follows Alex Carr on his journey to create and patent his CHAR Poles. The video...
Apr 18, 2016 Book of the Week — Kuthan’s Menagerie Completed
“In the zoo we see, on a small scale, how different all animals are from each other… We have to live together whether we like it or not.” KUTHAN’S MENAGERIE COMPLETED George Kuthan (1916-1966) Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2003 Descriptive text about six animals – a raccoon, flamingo, anteater, penguin, monkey...
Apr 14, 2016 Book Arts Workshops Offered at the U’s Marriott Library
A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts is supporting free workshops to the community through the Book Arts Program at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library. Workshops include classes in encaustics, paper decoration, letterpress printing, leather binding and much more. There...
Apr 07, 2016 Audio Projects for the U of U School of Architecture
Greetings, This is Robert Nelson, the Audio Projects Librarian for the Marriott Library. Since 2010, I have helped Faculty and students in nearly every discipline at the University of Utah adapt audio content for their curricular projects. This particular post will be about an Audio related project...
Apr 07, 2016 Collections within Collections – Quilt Records, Hidden Stickers, and the Art & Science of Metadata Enhancement
One of the fun things about working in libraries is finding random additional objects that might enhance our understanding of an item, like scribbled annotations in an old manuscript, or an object pressed between the leaves of an old book....
Apr 06, 2016 One Book One University
“In a cave in the woods, a slumbering bear sleeps through the party in his very own lair.” “The cold winds howl and the night sounds growl. But the bear snores on.” The Center for Child Care and Family Resources, along with KSL, the Marriott Library, and Salt Lake City Public...
Apr 01, 2016 The Interdisciplinary World of Book Arts – Words of Appreciation from an Engineering Student
Michael Young is an engineering major at the U who decided to try something different from his usual math and physics coursework. So he signed up for the Artists’ Books Class (Art 4090), which fulfills the general education requirements for fine arts. Community members can take...
Mar 30, 2016 Diversity Resident Librarian Leads the Way
One of the University of Utah’s core values, as expressed in The University of Utah Strategic Overview, is to “[celebrate] the rich diversity of people as well as creative and intellectual traditions by being inclusive in every respect.” In support of the U’s commitment to providing...
Mar 28, 2016 The Film “Voyagers Without Trace” Makes Its Mark
It’s 1938 and three young Parisians have set out on an adventure of a lifetime – to travel halfway across the world and take kayaks down the untamed Green and Colorado rivers. Newlyweds Genevieve and Bernard de Colmont along with their friend, Antoine de Seynes,...
Mar 16, 2016 Special Collections Celebrates the Boys and Girls of Summer
As blades of grass begin to peek through receding snow and we shed our winter parkas, fans of America’s favorite pastime quiver with the anticipation of hearing the phrase, “play ball!” Whether we’ve driven 2,372 miles to see our favorite center fielder play on the...