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Willard Marriott Library Country Type Established 1968 Location, Collection Size 4.57 million volumes (2017) Access and use Circulation 137,729 (2016–2017) Other information Director Alberta Comer Staff 252 Website The J. Willard Marriott Library is the main of the in,. The university library has had multiple homes since the first University of Utah librarian was appointed in 1850. The current building was opened in 1968 and named for, founder of, in 1969. After two major renovations, the building is more than 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2) and houses more than 4.5 million volumes. The and Red Butte Press are divisions of the Marriott Library.
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Article by: Heidi Brett, Marriott Library On April 18, 1968, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and U alum Wallace Stegner visited campus to speak at the dedication of the newly constructed Library and Learning Center, which would become the J. Willard Marriott Library the following year. Strategically positioned in the center of campus, the new library was the largest academic library in the nation at the time. The previous library in the George Thomas Building (now the Crocker Science Center) had made for cramped quarters, but the new library, spanning five floors and 300,000 square feet, almost seemed overly spacious. The long rows of stacks were initially sparsely inhabited. But not for long. Willard Marriott, Sr.
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Contributed $1 million to fill those shelves. The gift was the largest contribution the U had received at that point. “The Marriott family’s generosity laid the foundation for what would become one of the finest academic libraries in the west,” said Alberta Comer, dean of the Marriott Library and university librarian. “Their continued support for the past five decades has allowed us to grow not only in collections but also technologically and as an organization as a whole.” On Friday, March 2, the Marriott Library will hold a 50th celebration event.