“The American West as Technological Project: Innovating to Keep Things the Same.” William R. and Erlyn J. Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 ✦ 12:00 p.m. Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library Dr. Richard White is the Margaret Byrne Professor of American History at Stanford...
“Ever beautiful and stately, the L.D.S. campus appears as remote and unconquerable as a medieval fortress to the unsophisticated young entrant. He stares with a mixture of awe and emotion at the green, quiet lawn and the old, grand buildings; he is sure that he...
Students, faculty and staff, & members of the community started gathering at the J. Willard Marriott Library as early as 8:30 that morning on August 21st, 2017. Their goal was to obtain one of 2,500 free pairs of solar eclipse glasses from one of the...
We want to extend a big welcome to two new employees to the Book Arts Program! From the Book Arts Program website, "Through K–12 outreach initiatives, the Program makes classroom visits and hosts workshops, celebrating the innovation, collaboration, and excitement for learning that come from...
“Get rid of that row of bottles & secret dopes at the back of your press. Synchronize your temperature, humidity, ink supply & speed of running, then your prints will be uniform, plentiful, clean & juicy.” — from Collotype Collotype: Being a History-Practium-Bibliography Steven Chayt and Meryl...
De Humani Corporis Fabrica of Andrea Vesalius (1514-1564) was an exquisite piece of creativity that blended observation; organization of information, format, typography; and illustration into an integrated whole to accurately describe the human body. The intense collaboration between scientist, artist, and printer was unprecedented. Prior...
"For hym was levere have at his beddes heed Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrie. But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre But al that he myghte of...
American libraries are renown for their dedication to the services and resources they provide to patrons: books and media borrowing, access to computers and other technology, free meeting spaces and classrooms, educational programs and exhibitions, research and reference consultations. The Marriott Library is among the...
The sun, the moon, the stars! The Rare Books Department invites you to a hands-on display of more than one thousand years of cosmological gazing. From Ptolemy to Galileo to Einstein, hold the books that brought the heavens down to earth. Rare Books Classroom J. Willard Marriott Library,...
Welcome to a new semester at the University of Utah and a new series of Map of the Weeks. #MapMonday Throughout the semester, GIS Services will be releasing a series of bi-weekly maps on a variety of topics demonstrating ideas and uses for incorporating geospatial technology...