By Justin Sorensen Are you interested in GIS technology and the possibilities it presents for your projects and research? Are you new to the GIS field and unsure where to go to begin acquiring these skills? ESRI, the creators of the ArcGIS desktop and online software platforms,...

01 November, 2022 /

By Justin Sorensen Welcome to the Fall 2022 Semester at the University of Utah. What an exciting and busy time it is around the Marriott Library and across campus. It has been wonderful seeing so many new and returning faces around ProtoSpace and learning about the...

06 September, 2022 /

By Greg Hatch Thanks to a 2019 Marriott Foundation donation, the Language, Literature, Architecture, and Fine Arts books that filled the north end of Marriott Library’s Level 2 were moved to compact shelving on Level 1, and the static book shelves were cleared away. In spring...

30 August, 2022 /

By Justin Sorensen Are you interested in expanding your knowledge of GIS technology and incorporating it into projects and research you are developing? Have you ever wanted to start learning the tools, processes, and workflows that allow such creations to be possible? Well, the Marriott Library's...

22 February, 2022 /

By Justin Sorensen In-person GIS drop-in sessions have returned to ProtoSpace! Conducted in Suite 2751 on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:00am - 12:00pm, these sessions are a great opportunity to meet and discuss GIS projects you are developing, receive expert assistance, and learn more about the GIS...

09 November, 2021 /

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15 October, 2021 /

By Justin Sorensen Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have implemented many changes in how project assistance is provided. When in-person assistance was no longer an option, virtual assistance was provided through Zoom, enabling us to interactively meet and provide the support required to keep...

14 September, 2021 /

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...

19 April, 2021 /

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 /...

06 April, 2021 /