Sue Wainscott (Libraries) is the 2022 recipient of the McPhee Librarian of the Year Award from the University Libraries. Wainscott was nominated for her dedication and innovative approaches to librarianship that contribute to making University Libraries a respected and valuable part of the university and Las Vegas communities. She often serves as…

Brittani Sterling (Libraries) has been selected as a Fellow for the Association of Research Libraries Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) for 2022-23. The LCDP is a year-long experience that prepares mid-career librarians from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and in…

Amanda Melilli (Libraries) has been named chair of the American Library Association's 2023 Rainbow Booklist committee, charged with creating a national booklist of the best LGBTQIA+ books for young people. She is head of the Teacher Development & Resources Library.

Amy Tureen (Libraries) is the author of a chapter, "Transitioning from Passive to Active Diversity Recruitment Strategies: A Case Study," published in the book, Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries.

Kathryn Houk (Libraries) is the lead author of an article, "We are ML: A Qualitative Case Study on the Medical Library Association’s 2019 Communities Transition," published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. She is an assistant professor and undergraduate medical education librarian in the School of Medicine Library at the…

Christina Miskey (Libraries) was invited to present at the ORCID US Community's 7th Showcase webinar. Her presentation focused on the status of ORCID outreach, education, and integration efforts on the UNLV campus over the past two years.

Kathryn Houk and Xan Goodman (both Libraries) are co-authors on an open access article, "Librarians attending non-librarian conferences: Benefits and preparing to attend," published in the Journal of New Librarianship. Houk is the undergraduate medical education librarian at the School of Medicine Library and Goodman is the health sciences…

Aidy Weeks (Libraries) recently was interviewed on InfoBase's InfoBlog about her service leadership on the Latinx Caucus of the Medical Library Association. Weeks is the interim director of the UNLV School of Medicine Library. 

Brittani Sterling and Amy Tureen (both Libraries) published a chapter, "Crafting Contemporary Indigenous Studies Collections in the Age of Algorithms", in the new Association for College & Research Libraries book, Ethnic Studies in Academic and Research Libraries, from editors Raymond Pun, Melissa Cardenas-Dow, and Kenya S…

Tammi Kim (Libraries) is the co-author of an article, "Learning from Las Vegas: Adapting Workflows for Managing Born-Digital Design Records," published in the fall/winter 2021 issue of The American Archivist, the semi-annual journal of the Society of American Archivists. The article discusses UNLV Special Collections and Archives' approach to…

Christina Miskey and Andrea Wirth (both Libraries) presented at the annual Northeast Institutional Repository Day. Their presentation, "Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Bibliography to Facilitate Scholarly Communications Outreach," discussed the evolution of the UNLV Bibliography, including ideas for future development, and provided…

Cory Lampert (Libraries) is the co-author of a chapter, "Maximizing Good: An Inquiry-Based Approach to Minimal Description for Online Archives," in the recently published book,  The Lighting the Way Handbook: Case Studies, Guidelines, and Emergent Futures for Archival Discovery and Delivery.