News: University Libraries

several books
Arts and Culture |

Librarian Priscilla Finley recommends some of her favorite Las Vegas-set reads for the beach or your backyard.

Tammi Kim
People |

The technical services librarian was drawn to UNLV for its collaborative and innovative University Libraries faculty — and to escape the snow.

Rendering of the performing arts center
UNLV History |

From one unified design, the realities of time and budget forced the Judy Bayley Theater and Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall into separate buildings.

historical image of students walking to school
Campus News |

University Libraries and Vegas PBS dig into the archives to capture the stories of the city's African American community.

Doolittle Soapbox Race from August 1970
Arts and Culture |

A new photography exhibit at the Historic Westside School showcases the UNLV University Libraries Special Collections’ Clinton Wright Photograph Collection.

Jerome D. Countess holds a portrait of his late wife, Rachel
Business and Community |

Photographer Aaron Mayes shares the story behind his award-winning photo for the Libraries' Jewish Heritage Project.

Priscilla Finley
Arts and Culture |

Humanities Librarian Priscilla Finley on the depictions of our city in the new "Writers Imagine Las Vegas" exhibit at Lied Library.

Iglesias
Research |

Eadington Lecture looks at how the rise of public relations helped push the casino industry out of its past and into a new era of legitimacy.

Lied Library
Research |

Find out how to take advantage of dissertations, theses and scholarly articles and more, from universities the country over.

Girl sits while resting her hand on her chin
UNLV History |

UNLV Libraries examines 60 years of student activism at UNLV.

Katherine Keller with book
Arts and Culture |

Library technician Katherine Keller is fighting censorship of comic books and graphic novels through her work with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Joanne Muellenbach
People |

A sometimes hockey player and a full-time librarian, she is excited about the challenge of establishing a new library.