Apr 19, 2021 Creating 3D City Landscapes Using Blender
By Justin Sorensen Hey everyone, I'm Justin Sorensen with the Marriott Library's GIS Services and for today's Map Monday release, I'm going to show you how quick and easy it is to create 3D city landscapes using Blender. Blender is a free, open source 3D creation suite...
Apr 13, 2021 Crowdsourcing Digital Collection of Houses of Worship
Did you know the Marriott Library is creating a digital archive featuring photos of churches, mosques, synagogues, and other houses of worship? But we need your help!...
Apr 13, 2021 Podcast Kits a Smash Hit
By Robert Nelson When Covid 19 shut down the Marriott Library, drastic (temporary) changes made podcast recording in the Audio Studio less than ideal. There was no access from mid-March through August, 2020. Occupancy rules made it so that two or three in-studio podcasts would have...
Apr 08, 2021 Book of the Week — Archidoxa
Archidoxa… wölff bücher, darin alle… Paracelsus (1493-1541) Munich: Adam Berg, 1570 Second Munich edition R128.6 .P221 1570 The sixteenth century brought about a new perception of fields that had been dominated by Greek thought throughout the late Middle Ages. Medicine, for instance, was still very much guided by the teachings...
Apr 07, 2021 8 Films to Watch for Earth Week
Starting March 29th, the University of Utah will be hosting their annual Pride Week. This year's theme is "Queer at the Intersections," to "explore how our identities and experiences impact how we navigate the world. To help celebrate, Joni Clayton of the library's Eclectic Film...
Apr 06, 2021 Revisiting Social Explorer for Examining Demographic Data
By Justin Sorensen Over the past 5-years, I have shared a series of semester-long projects which have become known as “Map Monday” releases – a series of bi-weekly interactive or cartographic projects developed through our GIS Services department demonstrating available datasets / resources, mapping applications /...
Apr 05, 2021 Covid, Coincidence, and a Book Arts Connection
Meet Jazmin Gallegos, K-12 & Community Education Specialist, and Victoria Dennis, senior in the College of Fine Arts and an intern in the Book Arts Program (BAP). They have a lot in common; they both enrolled in the U’s Arts Teaching Program (ATP), both selected...
Apr 05, 2021 Nationwide Changes in Physical and Mental Unhealthy Days Reported Over Time (2010 – 2020)
By Justin Sorensen Our physical and mental health plays a critical role in how we go about our daily lives. During 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic presented many challenges for both, but just how dramatic of a change did we observe compared to years prior? In this...
Apr 02, 2021 Scroll of the Week — Barberini Exultet Roll
Exsúltet iam angélica turba cælórum: exsúltent divína mystéria: et pro tanti Regis victória tuba ínsonet salutáris Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King's triumph! Die Exultetrolle: Codex Barberini Latinus 592 roll Zürich: Belser, [1988] ND3380.4 B37...
Mar 31, 2021 Rare Books Virtual Lecture — World Without End: From Macrocosm to Microcosm
Die Cosmographia des Claudius Ptolemy Ptolemy (100-170) Zurich: Belser Verlag, 1983 G1005 1883 Facsimile The Rare Books Department invites you to view is most recent virtual lecture, World Without End: From Macrocosm to Microcosm. In this virtual visit to the Rare Books Department we take a literary journey through the early...