J. Willard Marriott Library Blog

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Sep 28, 2017 Join Us Tonight! — Pioneers of Science

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Sep 28, 2017 Second Month Reflections

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Written by Jessica L. Colbert, Resident Librarian, J. Willard Marriott Library Wow, what a busy month. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting down to write the reflection for my first month, but that’s probably because I wrote it a week late. This second month has been...

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Sep 27, 2017 Banned! — Historia del descubrimiento y conquista de la India por los Portugueses

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“He who writes histories must make the efforts that I made and see the land that he is to write about, as I saw it, for so was it done by ancient and modern historians…Very supernatural must be the talented man who will know how...

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Sep 25, 2017 Banned! — Lettre de Thrasibule a Leucippe

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““How could the human mind progress, while tormented with frightful phantoms, and guided by men, interested in perpetuating its ignorance and fears? Man has been forced to vegetate in his primitive stupidity: he has been taught stories about invisible powers upon whom his happiness was...

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Sep 25, 2017 Fall Equinox

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“The beet is the ancient ancestor of the autumn moon…” The beet is the ancient ancestor of the autumn moon… Tom Robbins (b. 1932) PS3568 O233 B4 1990z Broadside printed ca. 1990s. Printer unknown. View the original article on the OpenBook Blog...

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Sep 23, 2017 Tricia Treacy’s Warp/Conceal

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Tricia Treacy is a Philadelphia-born interdisciplinary designer, artist and educator. Her creative practice is actively engaged in the field of design with an emphasis on collaborative practices and experimental bookmaking. Combining design, printmaking, typography, writing, bookmaking and digital fabrication, her work has been collected and...

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Sep 21, 2017 Book of the Week — Tablettes De La Vie et De La Mort

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“It seems that from a King, the Majesty fades Without many servants trailing his royalty It may be grand to engage them in spades But it is a great pain to depend on their loyalty.” Tablettes de la vie et de la mort Pierre Mathieu (1593-1621) A Paris: Iean Petit-Paz, rue...

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Sep 21, 2017 Japanese Architecture in Virtual Reality

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What do 3D computer modeling, virtual reality, and rare architecture books have in common? Beginning this semester, the K.W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library is exploring our unique collections through use of new technologies and virtual environments. We will begin this initiative by building three-dimensional...

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Sep 19, 2017 The Decision to Build Rather Than to Buy is Not Always Easy!

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Contributed by Kinza Masood Marriott Library’s Migration from CONTENTdm to SolPhal - MWDL Webinar Series MWDL appreciates the research and initiatives launched, and progress made by its partners. These partner endeavors lead to amazing teachable moments we can all benefit from as a community that strives to share information...

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Sep 18, 2017 Exploring Utah’s National Historic Landmarks and Register of Historic Places

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The Map of the Week for September 18th explores various historic landmarks and locations found throughout the State of Utah that fall under the National Historic Preservation Act, passed in 1966 to aid in preserving places, sites, features, and structures deemed worthy of this designation....