Happy 50th Anniversary, J. Willard Marriott Library! “To erect a great library in the year 1968 is an act of stubborn and sassy faith.” — Wallace Stegner, from his dedication address for the opening of the J. Willard Marriott Library ...

22 March, 2018 /

“A library is as much a scientific instrument as a telescope.” — Luise Poulton Pioneers of Science: Ten Thousand Pages That Shook the World now online. Euclid’s Elements of Geometry was first printed in 1482, just as soon as one of the early masters of movable type...

04 October, 2017 /

“A seemingly idyllic, rarely seen American past comes to life like a fairy tale — some land before time, before film, before death.”...

10 July, 2017 /

“That which is not said aloud often speaks louder (and, in instances, clearer) than that which is.” — from The Cave Protection Act of 2013 Emily Tipps, Program Manager and Instructor for the Book Arts Program is presenting a paper at the Association for the Study...

20 June, 2017 /

“Let all the strains of joy mingle in my last song — the joy that makes the earth flow over in the riotous excess of the grass, the joy that sets the twin brothers, life and death, dancing over the wide world, the joy that...

24 April, 2017 /

Tunnel Vision: A Selection of Tunnel, Pop-up and Movable Books from the Rare Books Department Tunnel Vision features a selection of pieces from the rare book collections produced using various paper manipulations to create the illusion of depth — framing and narrowing the viewers’ perspective. This...

05 April, 2016 /