The J. Willard Marriott Library is the main academic library of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The university library has had many houses since the first University of Utah librarian was appointed in 1850. The current building opened in 1968 and was named after J. Willard Marriott, founder of Marriott International, in 1969. After two major renovations, the building is over 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2 ) and holds over 4.5 million volumes. The University of Utah Press and Red Butte Press are the divisions of the Marriott Library.
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Histori
The first University of Utah librarian was appointed in 1850, the same year the school was founded. President John R. Park University opened a library and reading room filled with his personal collection of books lent to the university in 1874. The library moved to LeRoy Cowles Building in 1900 and George Thomas Library Building in 1935, both in Presidents Circle. The current five-storey building opened in 1968 and was named J. Willard Marriott in 1969 when he donated $ 1 million to the library collection, the largest single contribution ever received by the university at the time.
The library expanded 210,000 square feet (20,000 m 2 ) in 1996, which is almost double the size of the library, and expanded again during major renovations between 2005 and 2009. The purpose of this renovation is to improve seismic stability buildings, provide clearer paths through buildings, improve environmental control, and allow more natural light. Additional additions are also made to the building including automatic storage and retrieval systems that can store up to 2 million items, larger computer labs, additional classrooms and teaching labs, new indoor cafes, rooftop gardens and additional study areas including the Grand George S Reading Room Eccles.
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Collection
The Library's Special Collections Department collects, stores, and makes available books, periodicals, documents, photographs, films and original material, specifically documenting the history of Utah, Mormon, the West, the Middle East, and the University of Utah. These collections include the papers of Marriner Stoddard Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1934 to 1938; David O. McKay, President of the Ninth Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Director of the United States Court Administrative Office from 1985 to 2006; and Wallace Stegner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1972. The material is accessible to all customers, regardless of their status.
This library stores over 100 unique digital collections, many of which include items from the Special Collection. Digital collections include USpace, Utah Digital Newspapers, Western Soundscape Archive, and Western Waters Digital Library. The library also hosts the Western Mountain Digital Library, a digital collaborative program from the Utah Academic Library Consortium. The library provides access to print on demand books via the Espresso Book Machine.
The Middle East Library Aziz S. Atiya, located in the Marriott Library, was named after Azah Suryal Atiya, founder of Central Utah Central University, and is the fifth largest library for Middle Eastern studies in North America.
The Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & amp; The Library Collection of Architecture includes artist books, raisonnà © catalog, graphic novels, sheet music, and other art books and magazines.
The artwork in the library collection includes the works of Anna Campbell Bliss, an artist based in Salt Lake City.
References
External links
- Official website
- Marriott Library Special Collections
- The Marriott Library Digital Library
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