Accomplishments: University Libraries
Amber Sewell (Libraries) presented "Level up your instruction: Designing playful learning experiences with games-based learning and gamification" at the California Conference on Library Instruction. This workshop led teaching librarians through the process of considering which play-based strategies work best in different instructional…
Vy Nguyen (Libraries) is the winner of the Libraries' 2024 Classified Staff of the Year award. She was nominated for her dedication to supporting students both in the Libraries and across the university.
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) delivered the keynote address, "The Women Who Saved History: Jeanne Wier and the Nevada Historical Society," at the Nevada Historical Society's 120th birthday celebration in Reno. Wier was a longtime advocate for the preservation of Nevada’s history through her tireless work on behalf of the Nevada Historical Society…
Amanda Koziura (Libraries) is co-author of a chapter, "Maintenance as a Core Value: Recommendations for Increasing Gender Equity on Digital Scholarship Teams" published in the book, Toxic Dynamics: Disrupting, Dismantling, and Transforming Academic Library Culture. Koziura is as associate professor and head of Scholarly Communication &…
Patrick Griffis (Libraries) has been elected vice president/president-elect of the Patent & Trademark Resource Center Association. The PTRCA supports Patent and Trademark Resource Centers across the country and advises the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on staffing and services. Griffis is the Business Librarian and supports the UNLV…
Amber Sewell, Chelsea Heinbach, and Rosan Mitola (all Libraries) have each been elected to a leadership position within the American Library Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
Sewell, Teaching and Learning Librarian, was selected as president-elect of the Games & Gaming Round Table of the American…
Anjanette Jones (Libraries) is the winner of the 2024 Library Service Award. She received the award for her work revising website content across the Libraries for accessibility standards as part of the university-wide audit from the U.S. Office of Civil Rights. Jones worked with dozens of faculty and staff across the Libraries to help identify and…
Noah Price (Libraries) is the winner of the Innovative Solutions and Customer Service Award. Price received the award for providing excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders in the Libraries, at UNLV, and in the Southern Nevada community, developing and managing events and programming that support the Libraries’ mission. In…
Brittani Sterling (Libraries) is the winner of the UNLV Libraries inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. She was nominated for the major contributions she has made to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the areas of job performance, scholarship, and service in addition to honors that have been bestowed upon her like being the…
Sean Kennedy (Libraries) is the 2024 recipient of the Libraries' Administrative Faculty Award. He was nominated for his leadership and collaborative work to bring acclaim on the UNLV campus and throughout Southern Nevada to the collections, programs, initiatives, and the individuals that make up UNLV Libraries including the We Need to Talk…
Samantha Godbey and Starr Hoffman (both University Libraries) recently published "Characteristics of United States Academic Libraries in 2020 and Regional Changes from 1996 to 2020" in College & Research Libraries, the official scholarly research journal of the Association of College & Research Libraries. This paper provides a snapshot of…
Darnelle Melvin (Libraries) is the 2024 recipient of the McPhee Librarian of the Year Award. Melvin was nominated for his extraordinary contributions to the UNLV Libraries and global community of information professionals through work on Wikidata and recognition from the 2023 Search Industry Awards for Best Open-Source Project. He is the Special…