Accomplishments: University Libraries
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) chaired a session, "Glitter in the Dust: The Transformation of Nevada", at the Western History Association 59th Annual Conference in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Cory Lampert (Libraries) was a member of a panel, "Digital Double Bind?: Exploring the Impact of More Product, Less Process (MPLP) on Digital Collections," at the Digital Library Federation 2019 Forum in Tampa, Florida.
Thomas Padilla (Libraries) served as a U.S. delegate to UK-US Collaboration for Digital Scholarship in Cultural Institutions. The two-day workshop in Washington, D.C.. focused on fostering transatlantic collaborations in the area of digital scholarship between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Mark Lenker (Libraries) contributed "Information Literacy: What's the Question?" to ACRLog, the professional blog of the Association of College and Research Libraries. This guest post invites librarians and other educators to think about information literacy not just as a set of skills that they impart to students, but also as a subject…
Mellanye Lackey (Libraries) co-authored an article, "Building the Systematic Core in an Academic Health Sciences Library," published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. She is director of the Health Sciences Library.
Aaron Mayes (Libraries) received the 2019 Historic Preservation Award from the city of Las Vegas in the Preservation Education Category for his work curating an exhibit featuring images of Las Vegas' Historic Westside neighborhood by photographer Clinton Wright. The exhibit has previously been on display at the Historic Westside School and at…
Samantha Godbey (Libraries) and Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) recently published "Career Exploration at the Middle School Level: Barriers and Opportunities" in Middle Grades Review. The authors discuss the theoretical and empirical basis for career exploration at the middle school level and identify selected barriers to its…
Monserrath Hernández (Journalism and Media Studies), Maribel Estrada Calderón (History), Marcela Rodriguez-Campo (Teaching and Learning), Elsa Lopez (Education), Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez (Education), Rodrigo Vazquez (Economics), and Nathalie Martinez (Honors) were each recently awarded a student scholarship from the city of Las Vegas…
Thomas Padilla (Libraries) is the member of a University of California, Berkley-led team of legal experts, librarians, and scholars that has been awarded a $165,000 grant to help digital humanities researchers and staff navigate complex legal questions in cutting-edge digital research related to text data mining.
Su Kim Chung, Karla Irwin, and Cyndi Shein (all Libraries) recently presented at the ArchivesSpace Member Forum 2019 and Society of American Archivists/Council of State Archivists Joint Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.
Chung presented "The Death of Publication and Licensing Fees at UNLV"; Irwin presented "Plug In Show and Tell:…
Rebeka D'Amato, Priscilla Gutierrez, Chelsea Heinbach, Bibiana Lopez, Eduardo Martinez-Flores, Rosan Mitola, David Ramos-Candelas, and Amy Tureen (all Libraries) recently had work featured at the IDEAL '19 Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Library & Archives conference presented by The Ohio State University…
Marina Georgieva (Libraries) had an article, "Successful Management of an Outsourced Large-Scale Digitization Newspaper Project: Tips for Effective Collaboration, Increased Productivity, and Outstanding Deliverables," published in the Journal of Archival Organization.