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By Anthony SamsThe Marriott Library has officially opened its newest classroom. Dedicated to immersive learning, the VR Classroom furthers the mission of the Marriott Library by providing access to new and emerging technologies. The VR Classroom (Room 1009) is a dedicated space for teaching and...

By Justin SorensenUtilizing GIS technology to showcase a Library collection or resource is always exciting as it becomes an opportunity to provide you with a method for exploring materials in ways previously unavailable. While the Library database aids you in individually identifying images within our...

"The institutes for new apparatuses" While Trodding Clifton Meador Boone, NC: Clifton Meador, Appalachian State University, 2016 N7433.4 M43 W45 2016From the artist’s statement: “During a residency in the Truukimuseuum (a printing history museum in Tartu, Estonia…I became interested in the narratives embedded in Soviet-period photo books. Many of...

While I often work with poetry—which works well in ephemera because an entire work can usually be printed on a single flat surface—selecting an extract from a novel offers challenges.  The extract should be relatively autonomous, but it should also have an obvious relation to...

By TJ FerrillAfter a restful Labor Day weekend, it's another busy week at the Marriott Library! Everyone is looking forward to Hooplaza and progress continues on our up-and-coming ProtoSpace. The ProtoSpace website will be live soon - huge thanks to our web development team for...

The library is excited to welcome a new partner to the space. Part of the Student Success and Empowerment Initiative, the Learning Center is an academic support program designed to help new students and those needing a bit of a leg up. The catch? It’s...

In the beginning, power companies were absolute monopolies. The wires coming into our houses only came from one company. They made the electricity, and they set the prices. They paid thousands of engineers to design and build magnificent, multi-billion dollar nuclear and coal plants. All...