Library Snapshot Day 2011
On April 12, the Marriott Library participated in Library Snapshot Day 2011 in partnership with other academic, public, school, and special libraries throughout the state to help tell the story of “one day in the life of Utah libraries.”
Marriott Library staff collected statistics and took photographs to document the library’s impact at the University of Utah and in the community.
- Student at Mom’s Cafe
This is what the Marriott Library looked like on April 12, 2011: http://www.flickr.com/photos/utahstatelibrary/sets/72157626541621998/
Statistics:
- Total number of hours open to patrons: 19
- Total number of people who visited the library: 8,242
- Total number of items borrowed: 2,138
- Total number of computer logins: 2,062
- Total number of research requests or staff-mediated searches: 102
Types of research requests:
- “Can you help me find Clarence King’s report from the 1870’s about the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel?”
- “I’m looking for journalism textbooks published between 1940 and1960.”
- “I need economic data on China for the past 50 years.”
- “Which databases can I search besides Scientific American for articles about memory?”
- “Can you help me print from an eBook?”
Activities/Programs at the library:
On April 12, the Marriott Library celebrated National Library Workers Day with a special appreciation party for staff. On that day, students from a University of Utah art history class visited the library’s Rare Books Classroom to see and handle facsimiles from the rare books collection. Also, students enrolled in an artists’ book class offered by the library’s Book Arts Program turned in final projects modeled after innovative publishing trends from the 1960′s. Public exhibitions at the library included Herding Cats: The Wild World of Artists’ Books on level 4 and ‘These are my people!’ The Story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes on level 1. That evening, the Friends of the Marriott Library hosted their annual spring banquet featuring Katharine Coles, Utah’s Poet Laureate, novelist, and University of Utah Department of English Professor of Literature and Creative Writing.
Testimonials from library patrons:
- “The Marriott Library offers resources I wouldn’t normally have available to me. The library acts a center for my educational needs and a place where I can gather with other students and learn.”
- “The library is a home away from home when I am on campus all day. I get so much done when I am in the library. It is an inspiring place!”
- “This is the place where I spend most of my time studying and preparing for all my classes because I can concentrate.”
