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Preservation Award to U Librarian

Randy Silverman, Preservation Librarian at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT), is the recipient of the 2013 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award, given annually by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Preservation and Reformatting Section.

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Natural History Museum of Utah Presents Lecture Series on the Science of Being Human

What makes us human? Three well-respected scientists will provide their perspectives on that profound question as part of the Natural History Museum of Utah’s lecture series “Nature of Things 2013: The Science of Being Human.” The lectures, scheduled March through April, will reveal the latest scientific research on what is unique to humanity, how humans came to be and humanity’s commonalities with other animals.

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University of Utah Celebrates Distinguished and Honorary Alumni at 2013 Founders Day Banquet

To commemorate the founding of the University of Utah on Feb. 28, 1850, the University of Utah Alumni Association will celebrate the accomplishments of four outstanding alumni and one honorary alumnus, at the annual Founders Day Banquet on Thursday Feb. 28 at The Little America Hotel, beginning with a reception at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.

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HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award to Rick Anderson

The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Rick Anderson, interim dean and university librarian at the University Utah’s Marriott Library, to receive the 2013 HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. The award will be presented on Sunday, June 30, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2013 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago.

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