Aug 31, 2020 The Spread of Coronavirus Throughout Utah
By Justin Sorensen It's something that has impacted each of us...
Apr 02, 2020 Art in the Time of COVID-19
Being stuck in our homes and barred from museums and galleries doesn’t mean we can’t learn about and appreciate art. Many libraries, cultural institutions, and museums have been working for years on building virtual experiences. While it is often not as gratifying as...
Mar 24, 2020 Digital Storytelling During Quarantine
Now what?Virus. Earthquake. Quarantine.Usually with six weeks left in a semester, I am juggling podcast recordings and video game audio before finals. Everything is frozen.Some of you may know that I am a radio deejay on KRCL, the local community station. For more...
Mar 04, 2020 Interdisciplinary Storytelling
The University of Utah's Marriott Library has a long-standing precedent for interdisciplinary collaboration. I have worked on visual storytelling projects with Book Arts, Preservation, The Writing Center, and the University of Utah Press, to name a few. The sharing of tools, knowledge, and...
Feb 25, 2020 3D Scanning at the Marriott Library
Assistant Head of Creative Spaces, TJ Ferrill, takes us on a journey to explore the history of 3D scanning technologies and resources at the Marriott Library....
Feb 18, 2020 Visualizing Data Through Thematic Mapping
By Justin Sorensen What are some of the ways you express research data? Do you share your findings through text or perhaps a spreadsheet or visual graphic? If you look closely, you may notice that your data contains a geographic component representing a location or area...
Feb 04, 2020 New One Button Studio(s) Update, February 2020
By Robert Nelson Greetings, The original One Button Studio (OBS), located in the Fine Arts Library (Level 2), has been an immensely popular service. Students, staff, and faculty can book the studio to conduct simple video recordings for University projects. The ability to not need Media Studios intercession...
Jan 28, 2020 What are YOU looking at?
By Erika Church What are you looking at? You should be looking at the Fine Arts & Architecture Collection! The collection is located on the second floor of the Marriott Library and is home to over 20,000 volumes including artists' books and the Latin American Avant Garde...
Jan 07, 2020 Virtual GIS Project Consultations Now Available
By Justin Sorensen Hey everyone! I'm Justin Sorensen with the Marriott Library's GIS Services department. For the Spring 2020 semester, GIS Services will be testing a new option for assisting students, staff, and faculty of the University of Utah with GIS projects they are developing. In the...
Nov 25, 2019 Visualizing GIS Data on 3D Topographic Models
By Justin Sorensen What do you get when you combine the power of GIS, 3D modeling and 3D printing? That's just what you will discover in our latest project now on exhibit in ProtoSpace (located on level 2 of the Marriott Library). For this week's Map...