Peter Michel (Libraries) is the recipient of the 2019 Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of service and leadership in the archival profession in Nevada and the Intermountain Region.

Richard Zwiercan (Libraries) presented a poster, "Art Press Collection" at the Art Libraries Society of North America 47th Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. The poster presentation focused on the physical processing of the Art Press Collection held in the Barrick Archives at the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art. 

Chelsea Heinbach, Brittany Paloma Fiedler,  Francesca Marineo, Rosan Mitola, Cory Lampert, Marina Georgieva, Maggie Farrell, Starr Hoffman, Samantha Godbey (all Libraries), Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries & Faculty Center), and Kaitlin Clinnin (English) all presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries 2019 Conference in…

Maggie Farrell (Libraries) was elected as treasurer of the American Library Association (ALA) for 2019-22. She will step into that role at the close of the 2019 ALA annual conference in Washington, D.C. this summer.   

Emily Lapworth (Libraries) is the recipient of the University Libraries' 2019 Outstanding Library Faculty Scholarship Award. Lapworth was selected for her significant scholarship which addresses cutting-edge trends and technologies in digital librarianship and archival management. Over the past year, her scholarship included a peer-reviewed…

Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries & Faculty Center) is the recipient of the University Libraries' 2019 Outstanding Library Faculty Service Award. Bowles-Terry nominated for her significant contributions to service to the University Libraries, the UNLV campus, and to the library profession as a whole. Her service significantly…

Carol Ou (Libraries) was named the University Libraries' 2019 McPhee Librarian of the Year. She was nominated for her leadership, collaborative efforts across the organization, and major contribution to the success of the University Libraries’ migration to the Alma/Primo library services platform. As head of discovery services, her leadership in…

Su Kim Chung (Libraries) moderated "Fishnets & Spotlights: The Latin Quarter and 'John Hemmer & the Showgirls" at the Clark County Library last month. The panel covered the many New York producers, choreographers, and performers who migrated to Las Vegas when the Manhattan nightclub heyday dwindled. The event included a screening of…

Claytee White (Libraries) will receive the Judith Winzeler Award for Excellence in the Humanities from Nevada Humanities at a special awards reception April 18 at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno. 

Andrea Wirth (Libraries) and Amy Brunvand (University of Utah) and recently presented at the Intermountain Sustainability Summit, in Ogden, Utah, on the topic of "Libraries as Partners for Community Sustainability." The two-part presentation provided background on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and their connection to…

Marina Georgieva (Libraries) presented a workshop, "Creating Websites and Leading Librarians to a New Level of Project Engagement," at the 2019 Electronic Resources & Libraries annual conference in Austin, Texas. 

Mellanye Lackey (Libraries) is the co-author of an article published by the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. The article, "State of the Science: A Scoping Review and Gap Analysis of Diabetes Online Communities," examines the benefits and consequences of the diabetes online community.