News: University Libraries

students sitting in chairs looking at a laptop
Campus News |

New partnership brings one of the largest research library collections in the world to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and Southern Nevada community.

Students participate in a motion capture exercise
Campus News |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ hosts three-day college bound program for high-achieving Las Vegas students.

Lee M. Hanover
Research |

One of this year's Calvert Award winners for undergraduate researchers on how to avoid getting overwhelmed by massive amounts of research materials.

The Compleat Gamester
Research |

When did society start linking problem gambling to the concept of addiction? Medical historian Celeste Chamberland discusses the origins in the May 14 Eadington Fellows lecture.

Swimming pool scene at the Riviera Hotel
Arts and Culture |

The vast archives within University Libraries preserve the history of the now-shuttered casino. Su Kim Chung, head of special collections public services, offers a peek inside.

Detail of printer's ornament from Rodotà's "De' giuochi d'industria
Research |

Researcher digs into the early treatises in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Special Collections to discover how the culture of gambling shaped Renaissance Rome.

Historical photo of Frazier Hall, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's first building
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ History |

The Oral History Research Center ensures the stories of yesterday will be here for our community tomorrow.

Laurie Arnold
Campus News |

Historian Laurie Arnold dove into 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Libraries documents to learn how Native American leaders collaborated to overcome the obstacles in bringing tribal gaming to their communities.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ librarians sort through a collection of historical images from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Campus News |

New insight into the largest union in Nevada will be digitized and made available worldwide.

cocktail servers
Campus News |

Public invited to meet 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ historians, archivists, and subjects of new book on pioneering women who shifted boundaries of women's employment in Las Vegas.

Cover of Goldfield Daily News from 1909
Campus News |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Libraries leading statewide project to preserve important accounts of Nevada history.

U.N.L.V. signpost
Business and Community |

Exhibit explores history between the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226 and the City of Las Vegas.