Final Product/Artifact: Introduce a book project that you’ve recently completed. To deepen the experience of your work, is there anything that you would like to convey to the reader/viewer about the significance and meaning of the work which might not be readily accessible? I AM features...
The J. Willard Marriott Library is collaborating with partners across campus in order to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. The event will take place on Thursday, November 14th at 6:00 PM in the Gould Auditorium. The program’s goal is to explore...
“I live on a park bench. You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two...
By Tony Sams As winter’s powdery grip holds on to us for the next several months it’s time to reach for a warm cup of coffee and settle into a great story. Listening to a great story can be a life-changing experience and virtual reality provides...
“Somewhere within their walls shall all that forwards perfect human life be started, Tried, taught, advanced, visibly exhibited. Not only all the world of works, trade, products, But all the workmen of the world here to be represented.” — “Song of the Exposition,” Walt Whitman Moscow Alexander Rodchenko (1891 - 1956) Moscow...
By Justin Sorensen Today's Map Monday release will highlight a recent collaborative project involving graduate students from the Environmental Humanities program and several departments of the J. Willard Marriott Library. Led by visiting Professor Gretchen Henderson, the project is entitled "Sites & Sightlines" and focuses on...
It's time for the annual fund-raiser for the Ski Archives of the J. Willard Marriott Library at The University of Utah. This year's Ski Affair will be held at the Little America Hotel on November 5th at 6 PM and tickets are on sale now. The...
By TJ Ferrill In anticipation of the arrival of new furniture in the Library's Knowledge Commons, the video game consoles and media viewing stations have moved! Previously in the Fine Arts & Architecture Library, you can now find the Playstation 4, XBox One, and other consoles...
By Justin Sorensen During this past summer, my colleague Anthony Sams and I had the privilege of hosting several public events throughout Utah for the Downwinders of Utah Archive – an educational resource designed to share the story of nuclear weapons testing conducted at the Nevada...
Virescit vulnere virtus (Virtue grows stronger from being wounded) Orontii finei delphinatis, regii mathematicarvm professoris, de solaribus horologiis… Oronce Fine (1494-1555) Parisiis: apud Gulielmum Cauellat, 1560 First edition QB215 F55 1560 Oronce Fine was the son of a physician who drew, in part, upon astrology for his medicine, as was the...