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Lecture Announcement – Il Risorgimento: The Birth of the Italian Nation

14 Tuesday Jan 2014

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Call for Entries – Artists’ Book Cornucopia

07 Tuesday Jan 2014

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Artists’ Book Cornucopia is an annual juried exhibition held at Abecedarian Gallery each spring. The exhibition is open to any form of artists’ publication with the exception of self-published on-demand bookworks.

Regardless of the juror’s decision, all submissions are reviewed by gallery staff with an eye towards inclusion in future curated and invitational exhibitions.

A printable version of these guidelines can be downloaded as a PDF here.

For more information and to apply visit abecedarian gallery’s website.

Entries will be juried by Luise Poulton, Managing Curator, Rare Books, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. Up to $1500 in purchase and exhibition awards will be awarded at gallery director’s discretion.

First prize is a solo show in Abecedarian Gallery’s Reading Room Spring 2015.

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Rare Books Online Exhibition – Brave Cowboy: An Edward Abbey Retrospective

14 Thursday Nov 2013

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Brave Cowboy: An Edward Abbey Retrospective

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You are invited – Library Careers

05 Tuesday Nov 2013

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Art History Student Association, Luise Poulton, Luke Leither, Marriott Library, Owen Reading Room, Special Collections

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You are invited – La Parola Scritta: XVI Centuries of Italian Culture in Ink

31 Thursday Oct 2013

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Honorary Italian Consulate of Salt Lake City, Italian Club of Salt Lake City, Italian-American Civic League, Italy, J. Willard Marriott Library, Luise Poulton, rare book collections, Special Collections

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Daily Utah Chronicle – U library collection highlights banned literature

26 Thursday Sep 2013

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Daily Utah Chronicle reporter Stephen Willis talks to Rare Books curator Alison Conner about rare books for Banned Book Week.

U library collection highlights banned literature

‘The history of banned books is nearly as old as the history of written language, said Alison Conner, a rare books curator in Special Collections at the Marriott Library.’

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ULA Fall Workshop 2013

18 Wednesday Sep 2013

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Join us at the Utah Library Association’s Fall Workshop: “From Folklore to Technology.”
Luise Poulton and colleagues from the Utah Valley University Library and Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library discuss the many ways Utah’s academic libraries reach the community at large with their Special Collections. The panel discussion, “Explore, Enrich, Engage: Taking Special Collections and Rare Books to the Community,” begins at 1:30.

For more information go to: http://www.ula.org/content/program-ula-fall-workshop-2013

When: 27 September 2013
Where: Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University

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Rare Books in the News

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Special Collections was a top story on the channel 2, KUTV, nightly news.

Featuring appearances from: Greg Thompson, Associate Dean for Special Collections and Alison Conner, Rare Books Curator

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Inspirations Newsletter Fall 2012

21 Friday Sep 2012

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Check out some of the exciting rare books news reported in the J. Willard Marriott Library’s newsletter, Inspirations Fall 2012.

Snowsports Builder, Greg Thompson
Best of State, Special Collections
Rare Book Featured in National Exhibition
Edward Abbey Collections Is Major Donation to Special Collections

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Rare Book Paradise at 2012 California International Antiquarian Book Fair

31 Thursday May 2012

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Featuring Greg Thompson, Associate Dean for Special Collections at the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair

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