Hello everyone! The summer has really flown by already, and as we’re ramping up for Fall semester, we’re constantly trying to build and improve services here at the Library. During the course of the semester we’ve been working with several students to implement Raspberry Pi’s...
Since 2010, I have been the Audio Projects Librarian in the Marriott Library. Over the years I have been asked, from time to time, if there was a way to digitize “dead formats”. A format “dies” when the average consumer no longer maintains or possesses...
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...