The Marriott Library has recently been selected for a $16,343 grant from the Department of Heritage and Arts (DHA) to digitize the historic Japanese American newspaper, The Utah Nippo....
THE NEXT WORD: RED SQUARE Alan Loney (b. 1940) Malvern East VIC, Australia: Electio Editions, 2012 PR9639.3 L6 N49 2012 From the artist’s statement: “This book derives from putting two small obsessions together and seeing what happens. The first is with the typographical wonder of Hendrik Werkman (1882-1945), and...
On the aftermath of the Pulse Orlando shootings, librarians, teachers, and archivists have created a list of resources (books, films, journal articles, and websites) to help people learn more about the LGBTQ and the LatinX community....
Congratulations to the Mac Group! They created a collection of scripts and management tools that were mentioned as a free resource for Mac Administrators in the "Enterprise Mac Administrator's Guide: Second Edition". From their blog: Recently, we received our order for the book “Enterprise Mac Administrator’s Guide: Second...
Meet Ben. He’s not your average student. Ben is a freshman at the U, a computer science major, and the dad of a 2-year-old boy named Charles-Winston. And Ben has already developed a product for the open source community – a self-replicating 3D printer....
Click here to read more about Leslie. Since the last post, Leslie has graduated (on May 5, 2016) and was featured in the President David W. Pershing's commencement speech. "The men and women receiving their degrees tonight reflect the educational diversity of this University and the individual interests...
Brady Nelson, a junior who’s majoring in economics and minoring in business, stands at the library security desk, smiling and greeting patrons. He’s not the sort of person who you’d expect to be in security – hovering to ensure that books aren’t stolen and that...
Her name is Leslie Felder. She arrives with three large bags: her school backpack, the diaper bag, and the bag that contains water bottles, changes of clothes, favorite toys, cheerios… She also has her two young children, Stanley (three years-old) and Leora (15 months) in...
Footage from the Audio-Visual Archive in Special Collections is featured prominently in KUED’s new special, “National Parks - Beyond the Crowds,” which airs Tuesday April 26 at 7PM. This documentary, which explores some of Utah’s less visited National Parks and Monuments, places archive footage almost in...
The Marriott Library was recently informed that it would be receiving a $50,000 grant through the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a two-year collaborative project starting May 1 that will improve search capabilities for those using digital collections. The project will create a...