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University Libraries News

The University Libraries fosters innovation, knowledge creation and discovery, and academic achievement to enrich our UNLV and Southern Nevada communities. We participate in the articulation and assessment of student learning by providing direct instruction to students, partnering with classroom faculty on course and assignment design, and intentionally creating co-curricular learning experiences.

Current Libraries News

Nicole Garcia-Contreras, Ericka Merielle Garces, and Alfredo Lim present a research poster.
Arts and Culture |

Three UNLV students present what they learned digitizing photos of the Black experience in 1960s Las Vegas.

Singed film reels and other recordings displayed on the ground
Business and Community |

A grant-funded project in Special Collections and Archives digitizes more than 800 at-risk video files.

Political cartoon showing "The Times" building with speech bubbles that say "Scandal after scandal, All I can Say is Four more Years" followed by "Why is he so happy" and then "He's the cartoonist."
Campus News |

Longtime newspaper cartoonist offers a unique view on local and national politics.

A student holds up a sticker with a red question mark
Campus News |

Let your voice be heard and help us choose the "I Voted" sticker for UNLV.

Su Kim Chung poses with cardboard cutouts of Sammy Davis Jr. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in the UNLV Special Collections and Archives office
People |

Su Kim Chung shares what's special to her after a quarter century working in UNLV Special Collections & Archives.

A colorful chalkboard sign with the word "Vote"
Campus News |

Learn what tools and information are available to students to participate in the electoral process, and how faculty and staff can support voter engagement.

Libraries In The News

Nevada Independent

As Sara told UNLV oral historian Claytee White, “From the day Roosevelt was elected we had a picture of him in our house. And I still have it in my house.”

KSNV-TV: News 3

The anticipation surrounding the 2024 General Election continues to grow and so has the hype behind obtaining some exclusive ‘I voted’ stickers.

Las Vegas Sun

Drawn within a Nevada-shaped border are three animals – a bird carrying a tote bag, a bear in a skirt and a cat wearing a white backpack. They are all lined up in front of a “vote here” sign.

Associated Press

Crystal chandeliers that once glimmered above a swanky lounge, bright blue costume feathers that cloaked shimmying showgirls, and fake palm trees that evoked a desert oasis are just some the artifacts making their way from the latest latest casino graveyards of Las Vegas into Sin City history.

Gambling News

Bally’s Corporation, the operator of the to-be-imploded Tropicana Las Vegas, has agreed to donate a variety of memorabilia to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The casino company was contacted by the university’s Special Collections and Archives department, which wanted to preserve a part of the historic resort.

Casino.org

After it’s imploded on Wednesday morning, the best way to relive memories of the Tropicana Las Vegas will be to head two miles east of the vacant lot to UNLV. Nevada’s largest university recently received five boxes of history from the Rat Pack-era casino resort, most of which it has processed and made available for public perusal — both in person and online.

Libraries Experts

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An archivist specializing in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada history, and Las Vegas entertainment.

Recent Libraries Accomplishments

Tammi Kim (Libraries) and 31 other archival professionals in the National Best Practices for Archival Accessioning Working Group developed the "Archival Accessioning Best Practices." The Council of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) approved the Archival Accessioning Best Practices on the recommendation of the SAA Standards Committee, making…
Chris Cochran (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy; Center for Health Disparities Research), and Xan Goodman (Libraries) recently co-authored an article, "Reducing readmissions: A business case for US hospitals," in Quality Management Journal.  
Brittani Sterling (Libraries) has been selected to attend an Overseas Faculty Development Seminar with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. This competitive award provides participants with the opportunity to join a fully funded overseas seminar aimed at helping faculty and administrators from U.S. community colleges and minority-…
Christina Miskey (Libraries) was an invited speaker for the 2024 Altmetric & Dimensions User Day, held virtually on October 23. The panel discussion, "Breaking Down Silos, Promoting Tools on Campus," was hosted by Patty Smith from Altmetric and featured Christina as well as speakers from Drexel University, University of Missouri, and the…
Amanda Koziura (Libraries) is the co-author of a chapter "Disrupting Vocational Awe: Strategies for Supervisors to Identify, Counter, and Prevent Unsustainable Workloads and Unreasonable Expectations," published in the book "Person-Centered Management in Academic Libraries." This chapter gives practical advice for supervisors on how to reduce…
Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries) spoke at the HS OnlineEd roundtable, "Strengthening the Bond Between Academic Libraries and Faculty," viewed by more than 400 registrants from 70 countries. Her invitation followed a presentation on the intersection of information literacy and faculty development at LILAC 2024: The Information Literacy…