J. Willard Marriott Library is the library of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was named for J. Willard Marriott, the founder of Marriott International. The library building is more than 516,000 square feet (47,900 m2) and houses more than 3 million volumes. The University of Utah Press is a division of the Marriott Library.
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