Amanda Koziura (Libraries) has been selected as the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Member of the Week for the week of March 23, 2026. Koziura is the head of Scholarly Communication and Data Services in the Libraries. 

Competing against teams from organizations across the Las Vegas Valley, UNLV’s Trivia Team earned a third-place medal as part of the 2026 City of Las Vegas Corporate Challenge on March 14. Team members included co-captain Amy Stone (Medicine), GK Nwosu (Academic Effectiveness), Katherine Manifold (Libraries), Jeremy Bart-Plange (Facilities), Beth…

Brittani Sterling (Libraries) gave the invited presentation, "You Can Stand under My Umbrella: Information Weathering in the Age of AI," at the inaugural Black Information Futures conference hosted by the University of Washington's Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums, and Archives.

Richard Saladino and Greg Voelker (both Libraries) recently presented "Using Data Visualization for Facilitating Interactive Collection Management Analysis with Subject Stakeholders" at the 2026 Electronic Resources & Libraries Fest conference. 

Mina Attin (Nursing), Bryer Shareef (Computer Science), Xan Goodman (University Libraries), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with their student researchers, have published “Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning Models: A Scoping Review” in Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine. The study highlights the growing…

Brittani Sterling (University Libraries), Brittany Fiedler (University Libraries), and Christopher Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) co-organized UNLV's third annual "Douglass Day Transcribathon," which celebrates the birthday of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass and explores the important legacy he left upon the United…

Kati McNamara (Social Work) and Susie Skarl (Libraries) co-authored an article titled "Transgender service in the U.S. military: A scoping review" in the International Journal of Transgender Health. The review mapped and synthesized research findings from 58 articles on transgender service, including demographics, gender-affirming healthcare…

Mark Lenker (Libraries) was interviewed by Hopkins Press about his article "Thoughts on synthesizing information: A research skill for our time." The article was published in Summer 2025 issue of the journal portal: Libraries and the Academy.  

Darnelle Melvin (Libraries) has been nominated to serve a three-year term on the Steering Committee of the LD4 Community (Linked Data for Libraries). The LD4 Community is an open, international network focused on advancing the use of linked data in libraries and archives. Its mission is to raise awareness, encourage adoption, and foster…

The article, "‘Las Vegas’ lights don’t shine here:’ Tourism placemaking in the Historic Westside," was recently published in An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment. Through interviews and analysis of archival material, co-authors Marta Soligo (Hospitality), Claytee White (Libraries), and Bo Bernhard (Hospitality) examined…

Samantha Godbey and Xan Goodman (both Libraries) presented a workshop on "AI Literacy and Your Information Literacy Teaching Practice" at the 2025 European Conference on Information Literacy in Bamberg, Germany.

Samantha Godbey and Starr Hoffman (both Libraries) presented on "Global Publication Patterns in Information Literacy Research, 2020-2024" at the 2025 European Conference on Information Literacy in Bamberg, Germany.