Silvia Southwick (Libraries) won the 2015 University Libraries Outstanding Library Faculty Scholarship Award for her scholarly work in the linked data field. While she has a history of scholarship with linked data, she outdid even her previous accomplishments by producing 10 scholarly works in 2014, including peer-reviewed journal…

Katherine Rankin (Libraries) won the American Library Association’s (ALA) Map and Geospatial Information Round Table (MAGIRT) Honors Award this summer at the ALA conference in San Francisco. She was recognized primarily for event planning and a presentation she did at the ALA annual conference in Las Vegas last summer as well as for acting as…

Claytee D. White (Libraries) was recognized as the Best Keeper of Our History in Vegas Seven’s 2015 "Best of the City" issue. As the inaugural director of the UNLV University Libraries’ Oral History Research Center, White has spent more than a decade collecting the stories of Las Vegas residents and preserving the history of Southern Nevada.…

Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries) and Cassandra Kvenild of the University of Wyoming co-authored the book Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians, which was recently published by the Association of College and Research Libraries. Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians provides proven methods for gauging students' ability to think…

Sue Wainscott (Libraries), John Novak (Libraries), and Mohamed Trabia (Engineering) are participating in the 2015 cohort of the Digital Library Federation E-Research Network. The goal of the network is to create a mutually supportive community engaged in continuous learning about e-research and data management support. The UNLV team will produce a…

Samantha Godbey (Libraries) wrote a book chapter, "Embedding With Google: Using Google to Optimize Embedded Librarian Involvement," that was recently published in the book The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries, Volume 1 by Carol Smallwood (editor). The book was published this year by Rowman & Littlefield.

Gregory Carr (Libraries) participated in a panel presentation at the American Library Association Conference in June. The presentation, "Aligning Learning Spaces With Pedagogy: The Instruction Librarian's Role in Classroom Re/Design," explores strategies for small- and large-scale library learning space design as well as how changes to spaces…

Heng-Wei Cheng (Libraries) recently received the Libraries' Classified Staff Employee of the Year Award. He was recognized for his excellent work with patrons as well as behind the scenes. He took on additional responsibilities when his department was short-staffed and consistently remains on the lookout for new ideas from webinars and conferences…

Sue Wainscott (Libraries) wrote a book chapter, "A Biologist Adapts to Librarianship," that recently was published in the book Skills to Make a Librarian: Transferable Skills Inside and Outside of the Library by Dawn Lowe-Wincenten (editor). The book was published this year by Chandos Information Professional Series.  

Tom Sommer (Libraries) participated in the panel last month at the 2015 Western Roundup, a joint conference of the Northwest Archivists, the Society of California Archivists, the Conference of Intermountain Archivists, and the Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists. The panel, "Tenure: Challenges and Strategies for Archivists," explored the benefits…

Terry Deem (Libraries) was the winner of the University Libraries' spring Inspirational Customer Service Award, which recognizes individual staff efforts to provide and/or support excellent customer service to library patrons. Her inspirational spirit, her work for the faculty orientation group, and her role in the student employment leadership…

Cory Lampert and Silvia Southwick (both Libraries) have had a book chapter, "On the Brink of Linked Open Data: Evolving Workflows and Staff Expertise," recently published in the book Cutting-Edge Research in Developing the Library of the Future: New Paths for Building Future Services by Bradford Lee Eden (editor). The book was published this year…