The Map of the Week for September 4th is dedicated to firefighters around the world working hard to protect individuals from the hazards fire poses by examining the critical role time plays utilizing a Network Analyst tool for visualizing and understanding emergency response times within...
American libraries are renown for their dedication to the services and resources they provide to patrons: books and media borrowing, access to computers and other technology, free meeting spaces and classrooms, educational programs and exhibitions, research and reference consultations. The Marriott Library is among the...
Welcome to a new semester at the University of Utah and a new series of Map of the Weeks. #MapMonday Throughout the semester, GIS Services will be releasing a series of bi-weekly maps on a variety of topics demonstrating ideas and uses for incorporating geospatial technology...
One might wonder how the School of Dentistry and the Marriott Library would be partners. Strange bedfellows you say? Not at all. TJ Ferrell, Assistant Head of Creative Spaces, and Ben Engel, 3D Media Support and Training Specialist, both staff members of the library’s Creativity and...
Westside Leadership Institute (WLI) students tested out a new video recording studio (which will open Fall 2017) at the J. Willard Marriott Library to speak to other Latino immigrants about their community projects. “The WLI is a collaboration between NeighborWorks, University Neighborhood Partners and the University...
Hello readers! TJ Ferrill here, with the Marriott Library’s Creative Spaces unit. We continue to see new releases in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality landscapes, with further developments on the horizon. In my previous post, I went over some details about what we’re planning with...
“Creativity does not happen between the hours of 9 & 5” In fact, for most people sparks of genius arrive late into the evening. To meet the needs of our students, staff, & faculty, the Media Studios (Audio & Video) in the Faculty Center (1705) will...
Google Earth – a unique and innovative program for visualizing locations on the Earth within a virtual, 3-dimensional environment. Many of us have used this program for locating places or obtaining information, but did you know the tools within this program can be utilized for...
In 2016, the Audio-Visual unit of Creativity & Innovation Services presented an idea to expand usage of the Audio and Video Studios located in the Faculty Center. Myself, (Robert Nelson – Ass’t Head of A-V Studios and Audio Projects Librarian), and Tony Sams, (Video Studio/Visual...
While recently de-cluttering my basement, I uncovered an old box full of photographic negatives and prints from my undergraduate work. Nearly all of the images were from assignments that had no audience beyond my instructors. Thousands of dollars in film and paper created for an...