Cyndi Shein, Carol Ou, Karla Irwin, and Carlos Lemus (all Libraries), published "Open-Source Open Doors: A Case Study on Extending ArchivesSpace Code at UNLV Libraries" in the Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies. Libraries is in its third year of implementing an open-source archival collection management application, ArchivesSpace, and is…

Claytee White (University Libraries) has been selected to receive the Humanitarian Award at the TMG Entertainment Network's 21st Silver State Awards - Women Awards. The ceremony, which benefits Susan G. Komen, will take place Nov. 18. White is director of the Libraries' Oral History Research Center.

Melissa Bowles-Terry, John Watts, and Pat Hawthorne (all Libraries), along with the recently retired Patricia Iannuzzi  (Libraries) published "Collaborating with Teaching Faculty on Transparent Assignment Design," a book chapter in Creative Instructional Design: Practical Applications for Librarians. The chapter explores the…

Katherine Keller and Matthew Murray (both Libraries) were featured on panels during “Talking Comics with America’s Educators: The Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians” hosted at the San Diego Central Library in conjunction with San Diego Comic-Con in July. Keller, a Comic Book Legal Defense Fund board member, was a panelist on “Library…

Mark Lenker (University Libraries) contributed “Information in the Indignation Age” to ACRLog, the blog for the Association of College and Research Libraries. The post discusses the increasingly indignant tone of political discourse and suggests ways higher education can respond.

Erin Rinto and Melissa Bowles-Terry (both University Libraries) are the authors of an article selected by the Library Instruction Round Table as a top 20 article on library instruction for 2016. “Assessing the Scope and Feasibility of First-Year Students’ Research Paper Topics,” co-authored with former UNLV Information Literacy Fellow Ariel…

Howard Gordon (Teaching and Learning) and Samantha Godbey (University Libraries) are co-editors of the Journal of Research in Technical Careers, a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the department of teaching and learning and hosted by UNLV Libraries. The journal published its inaugural issue in May.

Karla Irwin was recently certified as a digital archives specialist by the Society of American Archivists. Irwin, Special Collections and Archives librarian, earned the DAS certificate after completing a two-year program of coursework and passing comprehensive examinations this spring. A total of 325 people have earned digital archives…

David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) recently had a perspective piece on the National Football League, Las Vegas, and gambling, published in the Washington Post. Based in part on Schwartz's research into hearings held by the Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gaming, the column put NFL owners' recent decision to permit…

The UNLV Boyd School of Law, the International Gaming Institute, and the International Center for Gaming Regulation hosted the Nov. 16 meeting of the Gaming Policy Committee, chaired by Gov. Brian Sandoval. David Schwartz (UNLV Center for Gaming Research) has been a member of the committee since 2014. The committee is charged with…

David G. Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) moderated a panel for the U.S. State Department's Experience America program in October. The panel featured six Las Vegas tourism industry stakeholders discussing the dynamics behind the city's hospitality industry and its relevance for other countries. Thirty-five ambassadors and other guests…

Maria Jerenic-Pravica (Honors), Kate Wintrol (Libraries) , and Daniel Bubb (Honors) hosted a roundtable discussion at the National Collegiate Honors Council national conference on reasons why students should or should not go to college. The conversation resulted in fruitful dialog about the challenges students face not only deciding which college…