Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning), Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), Marcie Gallo (History), and Claytee White (Oral History Center) gave their second of two peer review presentations on their collaborative project, Digging Deep and Branching Out: Using Oral History and Collaborative Inquiry to Explore Candidate…

Cyndi Shein, Sarah Jones, Tammi Kim, and Karla Irwin (all Libraries) had an article, "Perspectives and Practices: Archival Processing Metrics Survey Findings," published in The Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies.

Aidy Weeks, Kathryn Houk, Ruby Nugent, Mayra Corn, and Mellanye Lackey (all Libraries) had an article, "UNLV Health Sciences Library’s Initial Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: How a Versatile Environment, Online Technologies, and Liaison Expertise Prepared Library Faculty in Supporting Its User Communities," published in the journal Medical…

Cory Lampert and Darnelle Melvin (Libraries) presented "Linked Data for the Perplexed Librarian: Q&A with the Authors" with Anne Washington from the University of Houston Libraries, for the Linked Data Users Group. Lamper, Melvin, Washington, and Scott Carlson are authors of Linked Data for the Perplexed Librarian, …

Tammi Kim (Libraries) authored a case study, "Rethinking Record Groups and University Archives Classification at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas," for the Society of American Archivists. 

Susan B. Wainscott and Richard J. Zwiercan (Libraries) presented a conference paper, "Improving Access to Standards," at the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education. This paper describes the development and assessment of the process the University Libraries use to make standards documents available to faculty, staff, and students…

Peter Michel (Libraries) has been awarded a City of Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission Annual Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation. He was selected for the award for his "tireless efforts to curate and preserve historical collections of manuscripts, architectural renderings, maps, and other materials that document the…

Su Kim Chung (Libraries) was interviewed for the recent Vegas PBS documentary "The Showgirl: A Las Vegas Icon." She will be giving a presentation, "History and Legacy of the Las Vegas Showgirl," for the Rebel Recharge Webinar series. Also, her work as a "showgirl archivist" was the subject of a recent episode of the podcast series "…

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) is the recipient of the School of Information Sciences at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Alumni Association's Leadership Award, which is given to an alum who has graduated in the past 10 years and shown leadership in the field. Padilla is the interim head of knowledge production in the…

Amy Tureen and Susie Skarl (both Libraries) had an article, "Assessing Generational Preferences in Characteristics of an Admired Leader Among Career Library Professionals," published in Library Leadership & Management. Tureen is the head of the library liaison program and Skarl is the urban affairs librarian. Library Leadership &…

Thomas Padilla (Libraries) was interviewed by organizers of Endangered Data Week and published by the Digital Library Federation. Padilla is the interim head of Knowledge Production in the Libraries. 

Amy Tureen (Libraries) had a chapter, "The Role of the Supervisor in Creating and Maintaining an Emotionally Healthy Workplace," published in the book The Emotional Self at Work in Higher Education. Tureen is the head of the library liaison program.