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UX Strategy: How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want

October 16, 2026 12:44 PM
User experience (UX) strategy requires a careful blend of business strategy and UX design, but until now, there hasn't been an easy-to-apply framework for executing it. This hands-on guide introduces lightweight strategy tools and techniques to help you and your team craft innovative digital products that people want.

Uploaded October 2026

The Walkthrough: Insider Tales from a Life in Strategy Guides

October 16, 2026 12:42 PM
One part memoir and one part industry tell-all, The Walkthrough offers a rare peek behind the curtain of the secretive video game industry from the unique perspective of prolific strategy guide writer Doug Walsh. Retracing an eighteen-year career from the dawn of the PlayStation to the Nintendo Switch, the text reveals the hidden process of making guidebooks and explains why the biggest publishers in the medium ultimately disappeared.

Uploaded October 2026

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip

October 16, 2026 12:40 PM
Written by Stephen Witt, The Thinking Machine chronicles the epic rise of Nvidia and its visionary CEO Jensen Huang, detailing how a video game chip designer defied Wall Street to conquer the AI hardware market and reinvent computing. This acclaimed biography leverages unprecedented access to explore the renegade engineering and high-stakes corporate bets that ultimately unlocked our current artificial intelligence revolution.

Uploaded October 2026

The Delicate Art of Brute Force: How to Compute It When You Can't Solve It

October 16, 2026 12:38 PM
Accessible to anyone with a high school calculus background, The Delicate Art of Brute Force by Paul Nahin traces the evolution of electronic computation to show how everyday computers can solve complex, real-world math problems. By comparing computational and analytical methods, the text demonstrates how massive number-crunching can provide answers to seemingly intractable problems when traditional theory falls short.

Uploaded October 2026

Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future

October 16, 2026 12:33 PM
Focusing on a future of opportunity rather than fear, this text provides a practical roadmap for leveraging AI to increase individual agency, personalize education, and accelerate critical medical research. Authors Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato issue a call to action, urging society to responsibly combine human ingenuity with technology to shape positive outcomes.

Uploaded October 2026

Qualitative Data Analysis With Chatgpt And Qualcoder: A Step-By-Step Guide To AI-Powered Coding And Thematic Analysis

October 16, 2026 12:30 PM
Serving as a practical guide for qualitative researchers and students facing tight deadlines, this text demonstrates how to accelerate the coding process by integrating ChatGPT with the free, open-source software QualCoder without sacrificing research rigor.

Uploaded October 2026

Python Practice Lab: Learn How to Code through Interactive Examples

October 16, 2026 12:26 PM
This workbook-style resource teaches basic Python programming to beginners and students through hands-on, open-ended exercises that build interactive chatbots and introduce fundamental computer science concepts like computer vision and big data.

Uploaded October 2026

Lecture Notes In Deep Learning: Theoretical Insights Into An Artificial Mind

October 16, 2026 12:23 PM
This comprehensive reference text offers an accessible introduction to deep learning theory for upper-level undergraduate engineering students, bridging fundamental neural network principles with advanced statistical and information theory perspectives.

Uploaded October 2026

Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do

October 12, 2026 01:37 PM
In Imperfect Oracle, bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein examines the promise and limits of artificial intelligence. AI can improve human judgment by reducing bias and inconsistency, helping institutions make better decisions and enabling consumers and investors to avoid costly mistakes. However, Sunstein emphasizes that AI cannot predict everything, highlighting the importance of uncertainty and the limits of knowledge in an unpredictable world.

Uploaded October 2026

Human Spatial Computing

October 12, 2026 01:33 PM
Spatial computing integrates digital experiences with the physical world through technologies such as virtual and augmented reality, natural interfaces, and haptic feedback. Human Spatial Computing explores the technology’s history, applications, and social impact, emphasizing privacy, safety, ethics, inclusivity, and accessibility. Through practical activities and reflection questions, the book guides students and professionals in designing spatial experiences that prioritize human needs and responsibility.

Uploaded October 2026

Dan Broadbent

Physical & Computer Sciences Librarian
dan_broadbent@byu.edu