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Harold B. Lee library opens 'Hollywood at BYU' exhibit

Emmeline Blythe
By Emmeline Blythe
September 10, 2024 10:23 AM
The Harold B. Lee Library started off Fall Semester 2024 with a new exhibit at its front doors, "Hollywood at BYU."
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Library physical and digital resource use continues to grow

Ethan Pack
By Ethan Pack
May 29, 2024 12:00 AM
Contrary to trends found at other libraries, physical book circulation at the Harold B. Lee Library increased shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to increase since then, according to data provided by the library.
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Museum & Exhibitions

Special Collections enriches BYU education

By Fernanda Arias
January 25, 2024 12:00 AM
The Harold B. Lee Library's Special Collections not only house historical items, but also the stories of how the items became historically significant.
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Campus

All that jazz: BYU library unveils new Roaring '20s exhibit

By Emma Everett
January 23, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU students who may have heard the faint strains of a jazz band in the atrium of the Harold B. Lee Library have already had a small taste of the library’s new exhibit: The Roar of the '20s in Utah County.
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Campus

What will the library look like this Fall?

By Kenzie Holbrook
August 18, 2020 12:00 AM
The Daily Universe is answering student, staff and parents’ questions about how the coronavirus will impact the BYU community during Fall Semester 2020 in a series of stories. Submit questions at dureceptionist@gmail.com
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Campus Events

Homecoming week brings celebration, performances

By Mickey Randle
October 21, 2019 12:00 AM
Homecoming week has always been full of events, and this year, BYU students were able to participate in various activities and show their school spirit.
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Campus Events

Relief Society highlighted in library Special Collections display

By Marinda Risk
March 08, 2016 12:00 AM
Relief Society manuals and magazines that date from 1932 through today will be on display in the Harold B. Lee Library's Special Collections during March to celebrate Women's History Month. (Marinda Risk)
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Local

BYU's film archivist finds life in old celluloid

By Ben Wallace
November 17, 2015 12:00 AM
Visitors who enter Jim Dearden's workspace are greeted with hundreds of old film reels piled throughout the room, peeking out from boxes, bags and a leather suitcase. This has been Dearden's life for over 40 years.
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Campus Events

Voices of the Civil War at the Harold B. Lee Library

August 06, 2012 12:00 AM
The year was 1861 in Washington, D.C. President Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election and states rapidly succeeded from the Union. The nation was unable to compromise and the deadliest war in American history began. Now, to commemorate more than 150 years since the start of the Civil War, the Harold B. Lee Library is installing a new exhibit titled 'Voices of the Civil War: Evidence and Artifacts.'
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