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University Libraries News

The University Libraries fosters innovation, knowledge creation and discovery, and academic achievement to enrich our UNLV and Southern Nevada communities. We participate in the articulation and assessment of student learning by providing direct instruction to students, partnering with classroom faculty on course and assignment design, and intentionally creating co-curricular learning experiences.

Current Libraries News

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Campus News |

A collection of colorful headlines featuring UNLV staff and students.

Screen graphic of person holding sign that reads we need to talk
Business and Community |

Series brings campus and community members together to learn about current events and issues.

three women on couch in living room with walls covered in family photos
Research |

UNLV Special Collections workshop helps families collect oral histories, memorabilia, and records to pass down through the generations.

Aundrea Frahm sits at table with blueprint laid over it
Campus News |

Students can gain a deeper understanding of complex subjects through storytelling-driven technology, says Aundrea Frahm, director of immersive learning.

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People |

As the head of access services for University Libraries, the former research chemist helps faculty and students find the best resources for achieving academic success.

Nicole Garcia-Contreras, Ericka Merielle Garces, and Alfredo Lim present a research poster.
Arts and Culture |

Three UNLV students present what they learned digitizing photos of the Black experience in 1960s Las Vegas.

Libraries In The News

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

When you think of "Old Vegas," the icons that probably come to mind are names like Elvis, Sinatra and Wayne Newton. However, there were many Asian American and Pacific Islander performers then, too, who played an integral role in shaping entertainment on the Las Vegas Strip in the mid to late 1900s.

Las Vegas Sun

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not yet released data from last month on its increased enforcement operation in the Las Vegas Valley, but a UNLV Immigration Clinic attorney doesn’t believe it was as successful as the agency thought it would be.

Las Vegas Sun

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not yet released data from last month on its increased enforcement operation in the Las Vegas Valley, but a UNLV Immigration Clinic attorney doesn’t believe it was as successful as the agency thought it would be.

Cosmopolitan

Las Vegas has always been the epitome of glitz and excess, but there was a time when it became the birthplace of the greatest entertainment shows inspired by the famous dancers of the Folies Bergère in Paris.

PetaPixel

A group of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) students have painstakingly preserved a photographer’s archive by digitizing it and making it available online to anyone. Six students worked on the project over the course of two to preserve the work of Clinton Wright, a press photographer who documented Black life in the Westside neighborhood of Las Vegas in the 1960s.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

UNLV students are hard at work preserving the images and records of Las Vegas photographer Clinton Wright, whose decades of work shed light into African American life and experience in the 1960s and beyond.

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Recent Libraries Accomplishments

Brittani Sterling (Libraries) has been named a 2025 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, one of 50 library professionals across the U.S. recognized for innovation and leadership in the field. Sterling was honored in the Educators category for her work to develop inclusive programming that broadened the reach of library services to more UNLV…
Michael Don Fraser (University Libraries) is the recipient of the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivist (CIMA) 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented by the peers and colleagues of the recipient, the prestigious CIMA Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledges and demonstrates appreciation for a life of service and…
Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) presented a poster, "LibParlor Online Learning: An open source curriculum for LIS researchers," at The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2025 conference. The poster, co-authored by Nimisha Bhat of University of Cincinnati and Hailley Fargo of Northern Kentucky University, described a free, flexible,…
Cyrus Ford (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. Ford was nominated for his significant inclusive cataloging work, increasing accuracy and representation within UNLV’s local catalog and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. At UNLV, he manually reviewed and updated hundreds of records to follow the…
Amanda Koziura (Libraries) presented a paper, "I Have to Pay to Keep My Job: Examining Financial Barriers to Promotion and/or Tenure," at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2025 conference. The paper, co-authored by Faith Bradham from Bakersfield College and Maura Seale from the University of Michigan, explores the…
Dan Werra (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' Administrative Faculty of the Year Award. He was nominated for his outstanding customer service and creative problem solving in the growth and maintenance of University Libraries technologies. He has worked closely within the Libraries on technology upgrades that benefit both faculty and…