University Libraries News
The University Libraries fosters innovation, knowledge creation and discovery, and academic achievement to enrich our 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and Southern Nevada communities. We participate in the articulation and assessment of student learning by providing direct instruction to students, partnering with classroom faculty on course and assignment design, and intentionally creating co-curricular learning experiences.
Current Libraries News
Series brings campus and community members together to learn about current events and issues, sponsored by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Libraries and College of Urban Affairs.
The Norma Jean Almodovar Papers document decades of advocacy and expand 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s collecting initiative on sexual entertainment and economies.
Black Mountain Institute’s executive director reflects on its 20-year history.
Students illustrate the invisible factors that define our status quo, one game at a time.
A collection of colorful headlines featuring 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ staff and students.
Series brings campus and community members together to learn about current events and issues.
Libraries In The News
Host Tayla is joined by Alicia Vaandering from the University of Rhode Island, James Rosenzweig from Eastern Washington University, and Amanda Melilli from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to share their research project focusing on queer representation in picture books and the creation of the Rainbow Representation Rubric. They also talk about queer subtext in classic films and novels and finding comfort (or not!) in dystopian fiction. In the Last Chapter they discuss: would you rather have a personal library with unlimited space but only filled with books you've never read, or a small collection of books you've read and loved but no space for new books?
Have questions or want to learn more about the history of Las Vegas? There is no better place to start than the Special Collections and Archives Department at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
When you think of "Old Vegas," the icons that probably come to mind are names like Elvis, Sinatra and Wayne Newton. However, there were many Asian American and Pacific Islander performers then, too, who played an integral role in shaping entertainment on the Las Vegas Strip in the mid to late 1900s.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not yet released data from last month on its increased enforcement operation in the Las Vegas Valley, but a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Immigration Clinic attorney doesn’t believe it was as successful as the agency thought it would be.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not yet released data from last month on its increased enforcement operation in the Las Vegas Valley, but a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Immigration Clinic attorney doesn’t believe it was as successful as the agency thought it would be.
Las Vegas has always been the epitome of glitz and excess, but there was a time when it became the birthplace of the greatest entertainment shows inspired by the famous dancers of the Folies Bergère in Paris.
