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Represent: UNLV Community Selected Collection

About the Represent program

Represent is a program to add content to the Libraries’ collections that reflects the diversity of UNLV and represents the cultures, histories, and lived experiences of the UNLV Community. Represent is a community selected collection. All content added will come from suggestions from the UNLV community.

In developing this collection the Libraries goals are to:

  • Support UNLV's core values of equity and inclusion
  • Aid in a sense of belonging for those who study, work, and visit UNLV
  • Enable additional selector perspectives into the Libraries’ collecting workflows

Accessing the collection

The Represent collection was originally launched in 2023 with a pilot program. See what content is in Represent and how to locate the content in our physical or online libraries.

A book display in the Lied Library foyer will also showcase items in this collection from April 11 - 26, 2025.

How can I participate?

We want our Libraries’ collections to better represent a diversity of perspectives, experiences and authors, and be a better reflection of UNLV, one of the nation’s most diverse university communities.

All members of the UNLV community—students, staff, and faculty—are encouraged to share their suggestions using the submission form below. The form will be open from April 1 - 30, 2025.

Submit your suggestions

What content can I suggest?

There are no specific guidelines about what content can be suggested; the only guideline is content that reflects our UNLV community. Content can be academic or popular in nature and could include novels, children's books, biographies, cook books, poetry, movies, music, documentaries. These are just examples and aren't meant to be exhaustive or limit what you recommend to be added.

The Libraries will aim to purchase all suggested content but does reserve the final decision making on what will be purchased informed by the following:

  • Availability of the suggested content. The Libraries will search multiple vendors including out of print vendors but there may be occasions when there is no source for purchase.
  • Cost. If the content is cost-prohibitive and/or the fund is exhausted. We recommend that you submit suggestions for content regardless of its cost. Funding availability may change and we do not want to set specific price ranges for what can be purchased.
  • Alignment with the goals of the program as described above and the vision, mission, and values of UNLV.

The Represent program is supported by general collection endowment funds.