Contained within the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Special Collections are thousands of historical photographs depicting areas of Utah as it once was. As time has progressed, many of these features have been destroyed to make way for future developments, resulting in the history of...
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...
Hello! The J. Willard Marriott Library’s support for faculty extends beyond the classroom. This post will explore the collaboration between the Video Studio and Prof. Christopher DuVal from the College of Fine Art’s Theatre Program. I was able to shoot, produce, and edit several hours of instructional...
Physical piece of material Visit the collection on Lvl 2 of the Marriott Library AND TOUCH IT! Accession number and material category Searchable in the Library Catalog AND MCX Database Searching the first 4 digits will show you multiple related samples Brief description of...
Greetings, As the primary users of the Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library and its collections, I wanted to use this opportunity to explain small change that we are implementing this summer. Starting last week, our reference services merged with those of the Knowledge...
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are a highly requested resource in libraries. Each collection of hand-made maps contains detailed surveyor information on commercial, industrial and residential sections of cities and towns ranging from the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s. While the J. Willard Marriott Library...
Greetings, Graduate students have been keen users of the Marriott Library’s Audio Studio. This blog post will describe a project from the student’s concept, to fruition, to promotion, to feedback, and lastly the follow-up. Last December a graduate student in Environmental Humanities approached me with a project....
First, I’ve been spending time developing a realistic report on our 3D scanning capabilities. Recently we were awarded grant funding to purchase a brand new Artec Spider 3D scanner, which has some really fantastic capabilities. Able to detect features as small as 0.3mm, this scanner...
The end of the spring semester is coming and, for many of our students interested in architecture, this means it is crunch time for submitting applications. Both undergraduate and potential graduate students are doing the difficult work of drawing together a portfolio for entrance into...