In The News: University Libraries
Sometimes the best chroniclers of history are just regular people armed with a Brownie — or a Polaroid, an Instamatic, a 35mm point-and-shoot or, these days, a digital camera or cellphone — taking family photos.
"The history of West Las Vegas is a place where that's all they had, when that's all they knew, the Mississippi of the West is what they called it," said Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly.
In the 1940s, many African American's traveled to Las Vegas in search of jobs and a better life.
When it comes to the 2020 U.S. census, Nevadans are hard to count. One surprising reason for this is the housing status of college students in Nevada.
Third-year 51ԹϺ student Sky Castle supports equal rights for all. The Detroit native, a member of the LGBTQ community, says they are directly impacted by those issues, and will vote accordingly in the general election.
Not to gush, but the Dunes hotel and casino hotel was one of the coolest retro resorts in town.
Paintings, charcoal sketches and print materials by John Torreano are on display in the exhibit “Stars on the Ground.”
Things are looking brighter for downtown Las Vegas, and it has nothing to do with the Fremont Street Experience enhancements that will debut New Year’s Eve.
Family albums from the Special Collections and Archives at 51ԹϺ University Libraries are on display in “Snapshot: Culling Our History From the Family Album.” Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, 1017 S. First St., No. 190. nevadahumanities.org
The Las Vegas Historic Preservation Commission just did a deep dive into history — its own.
When Roosevelt Toston took his first broadcasting class, he was told he “didn’t have the right stuff.” Years later, he became familiar to Las Vegas Valley viewers as the region’s first black anchor on television.
The new American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards were the focus of concurrent sessions at the AASL 2019 National Conference, held November 14–16 in Louisville, Kentucky. Each program demonstrated how Standards foundations—inquire, include, collaborate, curate, explore, engage—are being applied by school librarians.