They say that a lot of students take longer than four years to finish college. We can see why. If you go to school for four years that is only fourteen hundred and sixty days. That means it’s only thirty-five thousand and forty hours, or two million one hundred thousand and twenty-four hundred minutes. If …
At the south end of level 2 in the library is a music area where we play music. It is a great place to study if you like some quiet sounds. The music library organized several days of music that is played with a random setting. Today we noticed a Christmas song. We hope you …
The Harold B. Lee Library is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring the work of acclaimed English satirical novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. Located in the L. Tom Perry Special Collection’s foyer and reference room on level 1, the exhibit highlights Thackeray’s works, just in time to celebrate his 200th birthday. The exhibit is currently …
Did you know that one of the most popular sections of the Harold B Lee Library is the Family History Library? Not only do university students and faculty use the resources in the Family History Library but it is also used by members of the local community. You are invited to visit and see what …
If you search for the term “Lego” in our Scholarsearch system you will find 3043 items. Oddly, the library doesn’t have any actual Lego®. That is not so unusual. The library has books on horses and nuclear reactors and we don’t have any of those either. Still, if you can think of a good scholarly …
Every summer the university welcomes a small group of new students who get an early start on their university careers by taking classes summer term. Well new students, welcome to BYU and welcome to the library. Please know that even though the library is a large building it is staffed by hundreds of people who …
Brigham Young University and the American Society of Papyrologists have invited scholars to a Papyrological Summer Institute with the goal of teaching how to read and use papyri. To support the institute, The Harold B. Lee Library has collected a number of ancient documents ranging from papyri to ostraca (potsherds) and metal foil that will …
The inventor and early aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) wrote about the unnatural invention of the wheel. In his book My Air Ships he imagines how people who had grown up surrounded by nature would understand how they could carry things, and how animals could carry burdens. Both people and animals have legs and backs so …
Tomorrow, June 16, you can learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver. All you need to do is register and you will be welcome in the Media Lab. The Media Lab is inside the library’s Media Center at the south end of level 4 of the library. That is one floor up from the floor where …
It can be tough to find something in the library. When you are just starting out you may not even be sure what you are supposed to be looking for. Your research efforts may feel more like a fishing expedition than a well planned scholarly project. Try as we might to make things easy, there …