J. Willard Marriott Library Blog |

A diverse group of thirteen people is smiling inside a well-lit office space. Three of them hold small, antique books. The mood is cheerful and friendly.

Nov 05, 2025 Just a Matter of Time: Library’s Preservation Team Conserves Items in Time Capsule

Posted at 09:57h in Announcement, Collaborations, Preservation by Marriott Library 1 Comment

1 Like

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]By Heidi Brett, marketing & PR director, J. Willard Marriott Library [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""]On September 9, 2025, Alan Shino and Lorraine Crouse, both from the Japanese Church of Christ in downtown Salt Lake City, arrived at the Marriott Library’s...

A "National Wildlife Refuge Boundary" sign is surrounded by colorful wildflowers and a butterfly, set against a serene mountainous landscape in daylight.

Aug 22, 2025 Librarian Randy Silverman Completes Faculty Fellows Program

Posted at 12:46h in General, Preservation by Chloe 0 Comments

1 Like

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]A summer residency at the University of Utah’s Taft-Nicholson Environmental Humanities Education Center (the Center) among the complexity of Montana’s Centennial Valley flora and fauna provided librarian Randy Silverman with the opportunity to rejuvenate and refocus on...

Fingers carefully hold a fragile, ancient papyrus sheet with faded writing. A small metal tool is used to delicately restore the damaged text.

Jan 02, 2025 Ancient Papyri, How It Found Utah and How It Is Being Preserved

Posted at 09:56h in Preservation by Marriott Library 0 Comments

1 Like

For over 3000 years, papyrus was the dominant writing material in the Middle East and Mediterranean world before the introduction of paper. Languages as diverse as Egyptian, Greek and Arabic were written on it. The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library...

Two hands carefully hold an ancient, frayed papyrus with handwritten Arabic script, encased in a protective frame. The setting is a well-lit workspace.

Jan 02, 2025 Using a Modern Technique to Restore Ancient Papyri

Posted at 09:35h in Preservation by Marriott Library 0 Comments

0 Likes

For over 3,000 years, papyrus was the dominant writing material in the Middle East and Mediterranean world before the introduction of paper. Languages as diverse as Egyptian, Greek and Arabic were written on it. The Special Collections Department of the J. Willard Marriott Library is...

May 30, 2023 Library Preservation Head Invited to Library of Congress

Posted at 21:33h in Preservation by Marriott Library 1 Comment

5 Likes

Randy Silverman, Head of Preservation at the J. Willard Marriott Library recently attended the From Jikji to Gutenberg Colloquium, held at the Library of Congress on April 13th & 14th....

May 19, 2021 Collaborative Research Project Highlights Earliest Printed Books

Posted at 15:49h in Preservation by Marriott Library 2 Comments

4 Likes

What is the earliest book printed from cast-metal moveable type? Most Westerners think the earliest printed book is the 42-line Gutenberg Bible. If you are from East Asia, though, you think of Jikji. Johannes Gutenberg’s method of printing books from movable cast-metal type made a...

Apr 27, 2021 Preserving the Culture of the Pueblo People of New Mexico

Posted at 16:18h in Preservation by Marriott Library 0 Comments

3 Likes

Where does one begin in preserving the history, artifacts, narratives, and stories of a people? This is what librarians and museum curators from New Mexico tribal communities learned when they participated in library workshops through the Archival Professional Development Training for Tribal Communities last June....

Jul 31, 2019 Park City Mining Map from 1908 Conservation Project

Posted at 09:11h in Preservation by Marriott Library 0 Comments

0 Likes

In 2018, a Park City mining aficionado donated an oversized wall map to the College of Mines and Earth Sciences that documents the locations of mines in Park City in 1908. Because of the map’s deteriorated condition, Dean Darryl Butt contacted Marriott Library’s Preservation Department...

Jul 17, 2017 Head of Preservation Travels to Arctic to Help Save Native Language Tapes

Posted at 19:32h in Preservation by Marriott Library 0 Comments

0 Likes

Need Help - Will Travel. That could be Randy Silverman’s motto. Randy, Head of Preservation at the Marriott Library, recently traveled to Kotzebue, Alaska to consult on saving hundreds of old cassette tapes holding some of the Northwest Arctic’s most valuable oral histories. Randy met with individuals...

Jun 06, 2017 Utah Digital Newspapers Reaches 2 Million Pages

Posted at 21:15h in Digital Library, Preservation, Rare Books by Anna 2 Comments

2 Likes

How would you like to purchase a 40 quart swing top waste bin that holds a standard shopping bag for $2.99? Or a 64 oz Libby Pitcher Decanter for $1.19? Well, if it was April 1975 again and you were shopping at the Art City...