Accomplishments: University Libraries
Mark Lenker, Francesca Marineo, and John Watts (all Libraries) recently presented at LOEX 2019 in Minneapolis.
Marineo presented a session titled Beyond the Shallows: Motivating Students to Dive Headfirst into the Vast Information Ocean.
Watts presented Building a Philosophy for Emerging Research Services with Joshua Vossler…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) has been nationally recognized by the Medical Library Association for earning the Level 1 Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certificate. Earning a CHIS certificate shows commitment to offering quality consumer health information services and to staying current with developments in consumer health…
Brooks Whittaker, Sarah Jones, and Cyndi Shein (all Libraries) presented at the Society of California Archivists Annual General Meeting.
Whittaker presented the poster “Hide and Seek: Uncovering and Assessing Audiovisual Materials."
Jones joined archivists from UC Berkeley in presenting the panel “Still Taking Stock and Making Hay: Practical…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) is a lead author on a chapter about graphic medicine called "Comics in the Clinic" in the book, Comics and Critical Librarianship: Reframing the Narrative in Academic Libraries.
Peter Michel (Libraries) is the recipient of the 2019 Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of service and leadership in the archival profession in Nevada and the Intermountain Region.
Richard Zwiercan (Libraries) presented a poster, "Art Press Collection" at the Art Libraries Society of North America 47th Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. The poster presentation focused on the physical processing of the Art Press Collection held in the Barrick Archives at the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.
Chelsea Heinbach, Brittany Paloma Fiedler, Francesca Marineo, Rosan Mitola, Cory Lampert, Marina Georgieva, Maggie Farrell, Starr Hoffman, Samantha Godbey (all Libraries), Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries & Faculty Center), and Kaitlin Clinnin (English) all presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries 2019 Conference in…
Maggie Farrell (Libraries) was elected as treasurer of the American Library Association (ALA) for 2019-22. She will step into that role at the close of the 2019 ALA annual conference in Washington, D.C. this summer.
Emily Lapworth (Libraries) is the recipient of the University Libraries' 2019 Outstanding Library Faculty Scholarship Award. Lapworth was selected for her significant scholarship which addresses cutting-edge trends and technologies in digital librarianship and archival management. Over the past year, her scholarship included a peer-reviewed…
Melissa Bowles-Terry (Libraries & Faculty Center) is the recipient of the University Libraries' 2019 Outstanding Library Faculty Service Award. Bowles-Terry nominated for her significant contributions to service to the University Libraries, the UNLV campus, and to the library profession as a whole. Her service significantly…
Carol Ou (Libraries) was named the University Libraries' 2019 McPhee Librarian of the Year. She was nominated for her leadership, collaborative efforts across the organization, and major contribution to the success of the University Libraries’ migration to the Alma/Primo library services platform. As head of discovery services, her leadership in…
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) moderated "Fishnets & Spotlights: The Latin Quarter and 'John Hemmer & the Showgirls" at the Clark County Library last month. The panel covered the many New York producers, choreographers, and performers who migrated to Las Vegas when the Manhattan nightclub heyday dwindled. The event included a screening of…