Katherine Rankin (Libraries) received the Distinguished Service Award from the Western Association of Map Libraries for exemplary efforts toward the betterment of the association. The association is an independent group of map librarians and other people with an interest in maps and map librarianship. 

On Sept. 5 the Academic Success Center (ASC) celebrated its 10-year anniversary and as part of its celebration recognized former students, faculty, departments, and community leaders that have made the ASC such an exemplary center. They are: Dean’s Award - Carl Reiber (formerly of the provost's office) Dean’s Award - Regent…

Chelsea Heinbach, Cory Lampert, Cory Tucker, and Jason Vaughan (all Libraries) recently presented papers at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.  Heinbach's paper, "Methodological Approaches for Exploring Visual…

Special Collections & Archives (UNLV Libraries) has been awarded a a $50,000 grant from the Las Vegas Centennial Commission to support the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project. Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada is an oral history and community engagement project aimed at expanding the diversity of the voices that Special Collections…

Amy Tureen and Starr Hoffman (both Libraries) recently were selected to attend the Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians program at Harvard University. The week-long training initiative helps college-level librarians and administrators strengthen their management skills and prepare to become more effective leaders.

Bredny Rodriguez and Kathryn Houk (both Libraries) presented a poster titled "Let's Get Physical! Graphic Novels in a Digital Health Library" at the Comic Arts Conference during San Diego Comic-Con International in July. 

Cory Lampert (Libraries) has received an $80,685 Library Services and Technology Grant to support a large-scale digitization project. The project, “Building the Pipelines: Large-Scale Digitization Models for Nevada Cultural Heritage,” will build upon the University Libraries’ existing efforts to ramp up digitization capacity across the state…

Brittany Paloma Fiedler (Libraries) was a member of a panel, "Building Our Village: A Conversation with Librarians of Color in Tenure Track Positions," at the inaugural People of Color in Library & Information Science Summit at Loyola Marymount University. 

Sophie Ladd (Teaching and Learning) and Amanda Melilli (Libraries) recently had an article, "Sacrifices and Scars, Trials and Triumphs, Resilience and Resolve: Reflections of Refugee and Immigrant Experiences" published in the spring 2018 edition of the Journal of Children's Literature. 

William Bauer, Michael Green, Greg Hise, Andy Kirk, and Michelle Turk (all History); Karen Harry (Anthropology); and Su Kim Chung and Claytee White (both Libraries) recently spoke as part of "Hoover Dam and the Shaping of the American West," a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College and University Faculty. Julian Kilker…

Katherine Keller (Libraries) was a featured panelist discussing comic books during San Diego Comic-Con last week. "Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF): Comics - Start Here!" provided an overview of comic books in libraries with an emphasis on new research on cataloguing comics and tips for developing comics collections. Keller, a member of…

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) recently presented at the Library Instruction West 2018 conference at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. Her presentation was "Checklists Are Not Enough: Exploring Emotional Intelligence as Information Literacy."