February is Black History Month. The Black Cultural Center and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion have many events planned through the month. Here is a list of books recommended by librarian Allyson Mower for this month....

Libraries have been in the business of lending books and materials for centuries. Today, given the unusual moment of COVID, staff at the Marriott Library have expanded their delivery methods to include Books to U – a service that delivers books and other materials to...

The J. Willard Marriott Library has negotiated a new agreement between The University of Utah (the U) and Cambridge University Press (CUP). Under this agreement, as of January 1, 2021, authors from the U who have articles accepted in a journal published by CUP...

Living in one of the nation’s most arid states, water conservation is always a hot topic. That’s what students in the Business Scholars program were thinking when they came to the Marriott Library with a proposal to install waterless urinals in one of the men’s...

For Black History Month, we wanted to highlight the plethora of library resources that feature Alberta Henry (1920-2005). Henry did a great deal of things to fight for equality during her life, many of which occurred right here in Utah including serving as the President...

ShawnaKim Lowey-Ball is a historian of Southeast Asia, focusing particularly on Indonesia and the Malay world. Much of her work looks at transnational trade and intercultural relationships in the period from the 1400s to the turn of the 19th century....

It’s a new year. With all the new potential and possibilities a turn of the calendar represents, let these books serve as a guide to planning your year, creating new goals (or not), and general tips on good self-governance. ...

Nadja Durbach is an historian of nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain who is particularly interested in the history of the body. She has taught in the History Department at the University of Utah since 2000. She teaches courses in British history, the history of medicine and...