Have you ever wanted to peer through time to examine changes to a location? With GIS technology, this ability becomes a reality. In a recent map release from GIS Services entitled “History Through the Looking Glass: Thistle, Utah,” viewers have the opportunity to...
Congratulations to Catherine Soehner, Associate Dean for Research and User Services at the Marriott Library, for co-authoring the book Effective Difficult Conversations: A Step-by-Step Guide, published by the American Library Association (ALA). Co-authored with Ann Darling, Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Studies at the University of...
Darby Fanning, Associate Librarian and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Studies, has been focusing her career on International Studies. She currently is spending a year at the Utah Asia Campus (UAC), which is part of the Incheon Global Campus, located in...
Congratulations to Lorelei Rutledge! She has been selected as an American Library Association Emerging Leaders for the Class of 2017. "The American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders (EL) program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with...
October 3rd marked the official launch of the Downwinders of Utah Archive, created by the library’s GIS Specialist, Justin Sorensen. We celebrated with two events, which attracted a number of people including students, individuals as well as members of the media. ...
September 22, 2016 – Who would have ever guessed that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was once a banned book? In support of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, The University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library will host a Banned Books Open Reading...
Because of the generosity of our donors, the library is able to award scholarships to our students who work part-time in the library. Meet the latest recipients. Edwin started at the U in the fall of 2015, after completing his general education requirements through Salt Lake...
On the aftermath of the Pulse Orlando shootings, librarians, teachers, and archivists have created a list of resources (books, films, journal articles, and websites) to help people learn more about the LGBTQ and the LatinX community....
Congratulations to the Mac Group! They created a collection of scripts and management tools that were mentioned as a free resource for Mac Administrators in the "Enterprise Mac Administrator's Guide: Second Edition". From their blog: Recently, we received our order for the book “Enterprise Mac Administrator’s Guide: Second...
Meet Ben. He’s not your average student. Ben is a freshman at the U, a computer science major, and the dad of a 2-year-old boy named Charles-Winston. And Ben has already developed a product for the open source community – a self-replicating 3D printer....