Celebrate the world of books at the annual A. Dean Larsen Book collecting Conference.
This year there will be a variety of hands-on sessions followed by sessions on the history of books in the Americas.
Enjoy a workshop on November 2 and plan on attending the conference on November 3.
Learn more and register at https://adlbcc.lib.byu.edu/
The library congratulates two new department Chairs.
Their terms began on July 1, 2023.
Leanna Fry, Instructional Design Librarian
Department Chair, Instruction
Mike Goates, Life Sciences Librarian
Department Chair, Science & Engineering
The library also thanks the following reappointed department chairs for their willingness to continue serving:
Myrna Layton, Performing Arts Librarian
Department Chair, Humanities
Rachel Wadham, Education and Juvenile Collections Librarian
Interim Department Chair, Cataloging & Metadata
The library thanks Greg Nelson and Suzanne Julian for their stellar service as chairs of Science & Engineering and Instruction, respectively.
The library is announcing new features and services.
First, the library’s delivery service is expanding to include BYU staff beginning July 17th.
BYU faculty and staff can have library items and interlibrary loan items delivered to their department office.
When you have finished using items just fill out a pick-up request form and the library will return to your department office and retrieve them.
Second, the library is now offering sms/text messaging for library reminders and notifications. You can learn more here: https://lib.byu.edu/about/notification-updates/.
Library Delivery Instructions
To sign up for library delivery visit lib.byu.edu and login.
Click on your name in the BYU Library banner.
Select “My Account”
Choose “Preferences” from the drop-down menu.
Choose your pickup or delivery preference, either in the library or at your department office.
Find and select your department office.
Make sure to click on “Save my delivery preferences.”
Once your options are set you are ready to search for library items.
When you find an item you want click on the green “Request Item” box and choose “Submit request.”
Once items are located, they will be delivered to the office indicated in your preferences.
We hope BYU employees enjoy this service.
Harken all BYU Students!
A fearsome dragon has overtaken the fair kingdom of Libraria.
Come Join guilds,
complete quests,
and earn gold to help slay the dragon at this year’s
Library Quest!
Experience the adventure on Oct. 5 from 6-9 pm.
Admission is free and all students are welcome.
Get the latest news on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/hbll_libraryquest/
It turns out that Cosmo isn’t the only big cat on campus.
We know that from certain angles it looks like you can’t get to the library, but the good news is that we are open.
The library is fully staffed and we are happy to help with your research needs.
All of our exhibit spaces are open and the public is welcome.
Currently you can enter the building from both the west side and from the south.
The west side has open areas you can pass through between the project areas.
The library may be noisier than usual, but it gets quiet after 5:00 pm.
Here is a partial list of projects than are underway or about to start.
(Note that the central section of the library dates to the 1960s and requires updating.)
The underground portion of the library has a multi-layered roof system.
Crews have removed various layers, cleaned the concrete roof, and then sealed it (the green in the picture below).
We’re happy to report that nearly all of the insulation for the roof will be re-used.
That is great for the environment and it saves money.
The BYU Library Film Series presents our summer and fall schedule.
All films start at 7:00 pm in the Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1.
Admission is free.
May 12
Vertigo 1958
Each May we celebrate James Stewart’s birthday.
Arrive early, at 6:30, to enjoy a presentation on James Stewart by curator Ben Harry on the collberation between James Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock.
This year we’re showing the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo.
This film was shot on location in San Francisco.
It was the first film to use the zoom dolly to create a disorientating effect for viewers.
129 minutes
June 9
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
A group of strangers fight tooth and nail as they race to find a buried treasure.
Director Stanley Kramer followed his Oscar winning film Judgement at Nuremburg with this harebrained comedy.
The film features a huge list of stars including Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ethel Merman, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Provine and many more.
163 minutes
July 14
Shaggy Dog 1959
Only an act of bravery can save a boy cursed by an ancient spell that turns him into a shaggy dog. It doesn’t help that his father is a retired postal worker who hates dogs. The Shaggy Dog was the second highest grossing film of 1959.
92 minutes
August 11
The Philadelphia Story 1940
Katharine Hepburn, who had been labeled “Box Office Poison,” revitalized her career and established herself as a Hollywood icon with this film.
Called a “furiously witty comedy of manners,” it frequently appears on lists of great American films.
James Stewart won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
112 minutes
September 22
To Catch A Thief 1955
Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star in the story of a retired burglar who is accused of returning to a life of crime. The only way for him to clear his name is to catch the actual thief.
106 minutes
October 27
Dracula 1931
This film is credited with launching Hollywood’s love of horror films. Bela Lugosi plays the title role. The film takes Dracula from Transylvania to London, where the vampire hopes to spend his days in polite society and his nights hunting for victims.
75 minutes
November 10
Charade 1963
This film is a thriller, a romance, and a comedy all in one. Released in 1963, the film stars Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
Filmed on location in Paris, with a soundtrack by Henry Mancini and a strong screenplay, it is a great example of mid-century films.
114 Minutes
December 8
It’s A Wonderful Life 1946
Every few years we screen James Stewart’s personal film copy of It’s A Wonderful Life.
Curator Ben Harry will bring Stewart’s film out of the vault and share it with the public for one screening.
131 minutes
Grace Soelberg, the Latter-day Saint Collections Assistant in Special Collections has curated a new exhibit, “Go Make Great” The Norman Wilson Story.
Wilson was the first Black graduate of BYU.
Dr. Norman Wilson was born in Gibsland, Louisiana on January 17, 1913. He grew up on his parents’ farms where they grew cotton, vegetables and raised livestock. Though his parents were sharecroppers in the rural south, both they and Norman were taught to read by his cousin Allenia Wilson who had studied under Booker T. Washington. Wilson credits his parents and their sacrifices as the catalyst for his educational journey.
The public is invited to learn more of Dr. Wilson’s story by visiting the exhibition on level 1 of the library.
Curator Ben Harry Has restored BYU’s first student produced film.
In the spring of 1971 several students at Brigham Young University were given the opportunity to make a film.
It is a playful campus romance that captures a slice-of-life of BYU campus culture at the time and some of the cherished dating traditions of that era.
The 28-minute movie was premiered before 6,000 students in the Smith Field House on campus on May 6, 1971, and it ran until the end of the term in the on-campus Varsity
Theater.
Since that time it has been an underground cult classic at BYU.
Join us March 3 at 7:00 pm in the library’s Reynolds Auditorium on level 1.
March 10
What’s Up Doc
1972
The film series is expanding our selections into the 1970s with a timely screwball comedy.
Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal star.
This film features one of the most memorable chase scenes of the era.
94 minutes
April 14
The Robe:
The Greatest Story of Love and Faith
1953
Another anniversary film, this Hollywood epic was the first ever CinemaScope film.
Starring Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, and Michael Rennie.
Nominated for five Academy Awards.
This is the fictional story of the Roman soldier who was commander of the unit tasked with crucifying Jesus.
134 minutes
May 12
Vertigo
1958
Each May we celebrate James Stewart’s birthday.
This year we’re showing the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo.
Starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.
This film was shot on location in San Francisco.
It was the first film to use the zoom dolly to create a disorientating effect for viewers.
129 minutes
All films will start at
7:00 pm
in the
Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium
on level 1 of the library.
On Friday January 20, The Library Film Series presents Wait Until Dark.
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna, this 1967 film is a fan favorite.
This film earned Hepburn her fifth Academy Award nomination.
A blind woman is terrorized by crooks who think she has a doll filled with heroin.
108 minutes
7:00 pm in the Library’s Alice Louise Reynolds Auditorium on level 1
February
Plan ahead for our February film, The War of the Worlds, 1953.
Each year the library selects a film that features a librarian.
This year we’re happy to mark the anniversary of this classic film that includes a library science professor.
7:00 pm on February 10.