Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries faculty.
Submissions from 2016
Budgeting for an Opening Day Collection in “Born Digital” Libraries, Joanne M. Muellenbach, Debra Rand, and Bradley A. Long
Annotated Bibliography of Challenged Material Policies in Libraries, Matthew Murray
Revising the Adult Graphic Novel collection in VPL Central Branch, Matthew Murray
How do early career health sciences information professionals gain competencies?, Bethany A. Myers and Bredny Rodriguez
Assessing the scope and feasibility of first-year students' research paper topics, E Rinto, M Bowles-Terry, and A J. Santos
Donald Trump Wasn’t the Only One Who Made a Bad Bet on Atlantic City, David G. Schwartz
"Hazard All He Hath’’: Shakespeare’s Gambling World, David G. Schwartz
Personal Space: Discovery Children’s Museum, David G. Schwartz
Tales from the Pit: Casino Table Games Managers in Their Own Words, David G. Schwartz
The NHL is coming to Las Vegas because America is now a casino nation, David G. Schwartz
Say Yes to Digital Surrogates: Strengthening the Archival Record in the Post custodial Era, Cyndi Shein and Emily Lapworth
Veterans Health Administration, Susie Skarl
Preparing Controlled Vocabularies for Linked Data: Benefits and Challenges, Silvia B. Southwick, Cory K. Lampert, and Richard M. Southwick
Game On: Online Serious Gaming to Build Interprofessional Competencies, Dana E. Thimons
Using Single-Case Research Design to Assess Course-Embedded Research Consultations, John Watts
Executive Committee (report), Andrea Wirth
Steering Clear of Low-Quality Journals: Resources for Evaluating Journals for Publication, Andrea Wirth
Systems of Access: A Multidisciplinary Strategy for Assessing the Social Dimensions of Sustainability, Christopher Wolsko, Elizabeth Marino, Thomas J. Doherty, Steve Fisher, Amanda S. Green, Briana Goodwin, Ryan Reese, and Andrea Wirth
Submissions from 2015
Proving and improving the value of the academic library, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians, Melissa Bowles-Terry and Cassandra Kvenild
Review of the Darwin Manuscripts from the Cambridge Digital Library, Gregory L. Carr
Website Review: Charles Darwin’s Beagle library, Gregory L. Carr
LibGuides Best Practices: How Usability Testing Showed Us What Students Really Want from Subject Guides, Kristen A. Costello, Darcy Del Boque, Susie A. Skarl, and Michael Yunkin
Review of Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management, 3rd ed, by Peggy Johnson, Annette P. Day
iPads in the Music Library: Harmony or Dissonance, Kirstin Dougan and Kate Lambaria
Review of Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings, by James Fisher, Priscilla J. Finley
Embedding with Google: Using Google to optimize embedded librarian involvement, Samantha Godbey
Ethnography in Action: Active Learning in Academic Library Outreach to Middle School Students, Samantha Godbey, Nancy Fawley, Xan Goodman, and Susan Wainscott
What Is a Database?, Samantha Godbey, Susan B. Wainscott, and Xan Y. Goodman
Tracing information across time, Xan Y. Goodman
Academic Libraries as Community Resource Partners for Entrepreneurs, Patrick J. Griffis
Professional Development for Assessment: Lessons From Reflective Practice, Lisa Hinchliffe, Debra Gilchrist, April Cunningham, Carrie Donovan, Eric Resnis, and John C. Watts
Data Reference and Instruction in Journalism and the Social Sciences, Starr Hoffman
Best Practices for Cataloging Streaming Media Using RDA and MARC21 Version 1.0, Jeannette Ho, Erminia Chao, Rebecca Culbertson, Jennifer Eustis, Cyrus Ford Zarganj, Annie Glerum, Ngoc-My Guidarelli, Mary Huismann, Stacie Traill, and Donna Viscuglia
Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21 Version 1.0, Mary Huismann, Diane Robson, William Anderson, Lloyd Chittenden, Cyrus Ford Zarganj, Douglas King, John Lavalie, Peter Lisius, Nancy Lorimer, Julie Renee Moore, Lori Murphy, Laurie Neuerburg, Anchalee "Joy" Panigabutra-Roberts, Scott Piepenburg, Walter Walker, Iris Wolley, Greta De Groat, Kelley McGrath, and Jay Weitz
Review of Exhibits in Archives and Special Collections Libraries by Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Karla A. Irwin
Review of World Digital Library, Karla A. Irwin
LASR Pointers: Assessing the need for, creating, and measuring standardized training for an automated storage and retrieval system, Heather Johnson and Greg W. Voelker
Review of Richard Gilman-Opalsky's Precarious Communism: Manifest Mutations, Manifesto Detourned, Heidi R. Johnson
On the Brink of Linked Data: Evolving Workflows and Staff Expertise, Cory K. Lampert and Silvia Southwick
Controlling Goods or Promoting the Public Good: Choices for Special Collections in the Marketplace, Michelle Light
The Libraries They Are A-Changin’: How Libraries Reorganize, John Novak and Annette Day
Reorganizing through Lean Principles, John Novak and Richard J. W. Zwiercan
Library Instruction and Themed Composition Courses: An Investigation of Factors that Impact Student Learning, Erin E. Rinto and Elisa I. Cogbill-Seiders
Boardwalk Playground: The Making, Unmaking, & Remaking of Atlantic City, David G. Schwartz
Just a Passing Glance: The Kefauver Committee in Las Vegas, David G. Schwartz
Anxiety and Depression Association of America , Susie A. Skarl
A Guide for Transforming Digital Collections Metadata into Linked Data Using Open Source Technologies, Silvia B. Southwick
Practical Guidance for Integrating Data Management into Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Projects, Robert D. Sutter, Susan Wainscott, John R. Boetsch, Craig Palmer, and David J. Rugg
Using single-case research design in to assess course-embedded research consultations, John Watts
Collaborating with Faculty to Assess Research Consultations for Graduate Students, John C. Watts and Stephanie Mahfood
It Takes More than a Mandate: Factors that Contribute to Increased Rates of Article Deposit to an Institutional Repository, Hui Zhang, Michael Boock, and Andrea Wirth
Submissions from 2014
Tracking Changes: One Library's Homepage Over Time—Findings from Usability Testing and Reflections on Staffing, Jeanne M. Brown and Michael A. Yunkin
Information Literacy in Business Education Experiential Learning Programs, Patrick Griffis
Mentoring Diverse Leaders in Academic Libraries, Starr Hoffman
Engagement of Academic Libraries and Information Science Schools in Creating Curriculum for Sustainability: An Exploratory Study, Maria A. Jankowska, Bonnie J. Smith, and Marianne A. Buehler
Managing Risk with a Virtual Reading Room: Two Born Digital Projects, Michelle Light
Submissions from 2013
Expanding Library Support of Faculty Research: Exploring Readiness, Jeanne M. Brown and J. Cory Tucker
Use of Data in Collections Work: An Exploratory Survey, Jeanne Brown and Eva Stowers
Demystifying the Institutional Repository for Success, Marianne A. Buehler
At the Nexus of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy, Marianne A. Buehler and Anne E. Zald
Mixed Methods, Mixed Results: A Study of Engagement Among Students Using iPads in Library Instruction, Kaijsa Calkins and Melissa Bowles-Terry
Will You Be My Friend? Social Networking in the Workplace, Darcy C. Del Bosque
LinkedIn as an Information Source for Human Resources, Competitive Intelligence, Nancy E. Fawley
Serving Those Who Serve: Outreach and Instruction for Student Cadets and Veterans, Nancy E. Fawley and Nikki Kyrsak
Collaboration as an essential tool in information literacy education 9-16: Context, qualities and implications, Samantha Godbey
Vendor of the Month: A Marketing Collaboration, Lateka Grays and J. Cory Tucker
Library Roles: Supporting Research through New Methods of Scholarly Communication, Starr Hoffman
Info Lit 2.0 or Deja Vu?, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Leading to Linking: Introducing Linked Data to Academic Library Digital Collections, Cory K. Lampert and Silvia B. Southwick
Virtual Reference at UNLV Libraries: From Infancy to Popular Student Service, Sidney D. Lowe and Darcy C. Del Bosque
Engagement and Assessment in a Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Course, Jennifer Mayer and Melissa Bowles-Terry
eBook Lending Platforms, John Novak
Developing and Applying an Information Literacy Rubric to Student Annotated Bibliographies, Erin E. Rinto
Attesting to Unique Attractions: The Significance of the President's Commission on Organized Crime (1984-1986) Gambling Hearings, David G. Schwartz
Concentration on the Las Vegas Strip: An Exploration of the Impacts, David G. Schwartz
Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas: How Jay Sarno Won a Casino Empire, Lost It, and Inspired Modern Las Vegas, David G. Schwartz
Penny Wise, Player Foolish? Slot-Hold Regulation and Consumer Preference, David G. Schwartz
Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling, David G. Schwartz
Analyzing Faculty Citations for Effective Collection Management Decisions, Cory Tucker
Not Just Angels on a Pin: Defining Technological Innovation, Jason Vaughan
Technological Innovation in Libraries: Perceptions and Definitions, Jason Vaughan
Rebels in the Classroom: Creativity and Risk-Taking in Honors Pedagogy, Kate Wintrol and Maria Jerinic
Streaming Media - A Technological Development Serving Academic Library Users: New Models to Give Access to Library Media Collections, Cyrus Ford Zarganj
Submissions from 2012
Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing in the University of California Libraries, Kelley Bachli, James Eason, Michelle Light, Kelly McAnnaney, Daryl Morrison, and David Seubert
Library Instruction and Academic Success: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of a Library Instruction Program, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Pyramids of Pink Shrimp: A Brief History of Las Vegas Dining, 1940s-1970s, Su Kim Chung
Las Vegas Then and Now, Su Kim Chung
Libraries Atwitter: Trends in Academic Library Tweeting, Darcy C. Del Bosque, Sam A. Leif, and Susie Skarl
Addressing Academic Integrity: Perspectives From Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Nancy E. Fawley
Appearances do matter! What libraries can learn from Clinton Kelly, Nancy E. Fawley
Information Literacy Opportunities within the Discovery Tool Environment, Nancy E. Fawley and Nikki Krysak
Guidelines for Media Resources in Academic Libraries (2012), Mary S. Laskowski, Cyrus Ford Zarganj, Nancy E. Friedland, Jacqueline Fritz, Jim Holmes, Lora Lennertz Jetton, M. Claire Stewart, and Joe M. Williams
Notes From the Field: 10 Short Lessons on One-Shot Instruction, Megan Oakleaf; Steven Hoover; Beth S. Woodard; Jennifer Corbin; Randy Hensley; Diana K. Wakimoto; Christopher V, Hollister; Debra Gilchrist; Michelle Millet; and Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Map Displays and Exhibits, Katherine Rankin
Gambling, David G. Schwartz
Genovese, Vito, David G. Schwartz
Las Vegas, NV, David G. Schwartz
Luciano, “Lucky”, David G. Schwartz
Rothstein, Arnold, David G. Schwartz