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Silverman, Randall H. | Inconvenient legacy | The role of research libraries is to preserve the long-term memory of humankind. Straddling competing interests, they strive to provide unimpeded access to scholarly books while maintaining those same volumes in perpetuity. In practice, these ?Ç£bastions of knowledge?Ç¥ lean toward pragmatic mai... | Research libraries; Preservation; Book repair | 2007 |
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| Industrial revolutions: from canal systems to computer networks | Today's so-called "Information Revolution" is often compared to past industrial revolutions, especially a British Industrial Revolution which took place between 1750 and 1830 and a Second Industrial Revolution which is believed to have occurred in the United States between 1880 and 1940. The compari... | Information technology; Information Age | 2000 |
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Kraus, Peter L. | Information literacy for German language & literature at the graduate level: new approaches and models | At the University of Utah the recent hiring of several new faculty members in the German Language and Literature Section of the Modern Languages department has resulted in an increased demand for library services in the area of instruction and technical support. Areas explored will include approache... | Germanic languages; Higher Education; Librarianship | 2007 |
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Morrison, David L. | Innovation scholars: patents and advanced research in technology | | | 2013-01 |
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Morrison, David L. | Intro to IP and patent searching for new engineers | | | 2013-09 |
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Arlitsch, Kenning; Morrow, Anne | IR workflow software: extending the power of CONTENTdm for Institutional Repositories | A PowerPoint presentation given as part of "OCLC CONTENTdm User Showcase: Digital Collections Delivered" at ALA Midwinter, January 13, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Digital technology; Digital holdings, libraries; Institutional archiving | 2008-01-13 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | J. J. Audubon & 19th century color printing | In 1826, the first hand-colored proofs of John James Audubon's double elephant folio edition of The Birds of America were pulled in Edinburgh, Scotland. His life-sized Wild Turkey was among them, transforming the 41 year old naturalist's "innate desire to acquire a thorough knowledge of the birds o... | John James Audubon; Copperplate; Lithograph | 1994 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Jackets recommended: the case for preserving dust jackets in research libraries | This paper will provide a historical overview of dust jackets and present a cost-effective mass approach to their treatment. Research libraries generally treat dust jackets as extraneous to the physical integrity of new acquisitions and consequently discard them as part of the shelf preparation p... | | 2000 |
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Kraus, Peter L. | John Steele Gordon, Thread across the ocean: the historic story of the transatlantic cable | A Thread across the Ocean is a tale of historic and heroic proportions which the author fails to do justice to. The topic is the historic laying of the first telegraph cables across the Atlantic; however, though it is an enjoyable read, it is not a scholarly work. The depth of this work could have ... | | 2003 |
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Sorensen, Justin Bruce; Williams, Donald Glade; Chaufty, Lisa Marie | Just digitize it! : The J. Willard Marriott Library's endeavor to bring geological scholarship to the world (Abstract) | The need to organize, preserve, and share the geoscience materials available at the University of Utah motivated the J. Willard Marriott Library's Geospatial Information Committee to begin a project of digitizing the University of Utah's geological theses and their associated maps. This presentation... | Thesis and dissertation georeferencing project; digitization; Utah; Abstract | 2011-10-12 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Legacy of a one-man book maker | Late in 1983, Dr. Gregory Thompson, newly appointed head of Special Collections at the University of Utah's Marriott Library received a call from a local gentleman interested in selling off some books. In what would become a commonplace occurrence for Thompson over the next 27 years, he and Margaret... | | 2010 |
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Paiva, Marie | Lennox Tierney collection: Japanese images | Lennox Tierney is a retired art history professor whose specialty was Asian Studies and Japan in particular. Tierney was a photographer, film maker, world traveler, author and tour guide. There are 11,000 digital images which can be viewed at the Marriott Library website. | Japan; Photographs; Fine arts | 2013 |
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Morrison, David L. | Letter to David Kappos | Letter written by David Morrison to Mr. David Kappos, JD, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, July 11, 2012. | | 2012-07-11 |
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Landesman, Margaret M. | Libraries investing in the future first - some practical suggestions | Muddling through is what we mostly do most of the time. It is a reasonable strategy for bridging the gap between present resources and future expectations--providing expectations are in a reliably upward direction. | | 2004 |
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Landesman, Margaret M. | Libraries investing in the future first - some practical suggestions | This essay offers some practical suggestions for implementing transformative strategies for libraries, with a focus on using the materials budget as an investment fund. | Libraries; Acquisitions; Budget; Materials | 2004-06 |
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Leither, Luke | Library alchemy: researching contemporary art | This poster was created to present a workshop for researching contemporary art in the Marriott Library. The workshop and poster was created by Luke Leither, the Art and Architecture Library at the University of Utah. | Art; Contemporary Art; Research; Fine Arts | 2013 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Library as Knowledge Commons for the University | For much of the 20th century libraries were known and valued for their collections, and the defining role for a library was to be "a repository of knowledge." Although libraries continue to build and deliver a large collection of resources, we are now defined by the services we offer and our ability... | Knowledge Commons | 2010 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Library collections conservation discussion group: taking a comprehensive look at book repair | A national effort to improve the quality of book repair operations is under way. This work has been spearheaded by the Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group (LCCDG) of the American Institute for Conservation. During the past three years LCCDG has broadly examined samples of book repair t... | Collections; Techniques; Treatment | 1994 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Library profile: Penn State | Institution profile: Penn State is a land grant institution often described as the one university geographically dispersed. Penn State supports twenty-two campuses scattered across the commonwealth. Contrary to what one might infer from the name Penn State, the University is considered "state rel... | Pattee Library; Penn State University; Profiles | 1990 |
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Mower, Allyson | Library publishing services: strategies for success | About the Research Project. Aim: To advance the professionalism of library-based publishing by identifying successful library publishing strategies and services, highlighting best practices, and recommending priorities for building capacity. Supported by a Collaborative Planning Grant from IMLS, wit... | libraries; publishing; research results | 2012-04-03 |
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Mower, Allyson | Library publishing services: strategies for success | About the Research Project. Aim: To advance the professionalism of library-based publishing by identifying successful library publishing strategies and services, highlighting best practices, and recommending priorities for building capacity. Supported by a Collaborative Planning Grant from IMLS, wit... | libraries; publishing; research results | 2011-11-03 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Lifelong learning requires lifelong access: reflections on the ACRL plan for excellence | | | 2011-10 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Litany of "terrible, no good, very bad" things that can happen after the disaster | This paper summarizes post-disaster dangers that can threaten the well-being of recovery workers. These include the structural stability of damaged buildings, electrical risks, the presence of hazardous materials and collections in the work area, and biological hazards. Issues that need to be assess... | Library materials, Conservation and restoration; Emergency management; Disaster relief, Research | 2004-05-21 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Litany of 'terrible, no good, very bad' things that can happen after the disaster | On average, 464 disasters occur each year in all parts of the globe. Some are more catastrophic than others; research reveals that excluding drought, famine and war, approximately 197 take place in Asia, 111 in the Americas, 77 in Europe, 61 in Africa, and 18 in Oceania. As a result, 50,000 people a... | | 2004 |
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Anderson, Rick | Local and global, now and forever: a matrix model of "depth perception" in library work | Academic libraries are in an interesting and difficult position, one that makes us different from most other public and private institutions. We are charged with meeting the immediate needs of students and faculty (needs that can usually be identified and defined with at least some degree of precisi... | Academic libraries; Library collections; Library work | 2014-11 |