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....
Elizabeth Callaway, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of English and affiliated faculty in the Environmental Humanities Graduate Program, and Rebekah Cummings, MLIS, director of Digital Matters at the Marriott Library, have received an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to hold a three-week Summer...
The 2024 Floyd O’Neil Marriott Library Research Fellowship, a $3,500 donor-supported award that facilitates scholarly exploration with the library’s Special Collections, was awarded to Val Holley. ...
Every year the Spencer S. Eccles Eccles Health Sciences Library and the J. Willard Marriott Library combine forces and participate in the U’s Bench 2 Bedside (B2B) program, a major competition for students who have developed medical innovations to significantly improve, or save, human lives....
LEAP is a University of Utah program designed to prepare new students to transition into college by providing small classes, active engagement on campus and a pipeline into scholarships and employment. Each student is assigned their own personal librarian so they have guidance in research,...
Jordan Hanzon, Marketing Account Executive at the Marriott Library, recently received the University of Utah’s Staff Excellence Award....
On Thursday, May 4, 2023 the University of Utah (the U) bestowed honorary doctorate degrees to four individuals: Frances Battle, Bill Higuchi, Camilla Smith and Richard (Dick) Marriott. Richard is the son of the late John William (Bill) MarriottSr., whom the library was named for...
Congratulations to Faculty Services Librarian Donna Ziegenfuss for receiving the University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award for 2021. Ziegenfuss was one of five to be recognized for her commitment to learning at the U by President Ruth V. Watkins....
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announced that the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts – and partnering organizations such as the J. Willard Marriott Library – was the recipient of the Award of Excellence for four in-house produced history exhibits...