General
- Established: 1957 (first collection was housed at Las Vegas High School in 1955)
- Dean: Mary “Maggie” Farrell
- Five facilities: Lied Library, Health Sciences Library, Architecture Studies Library, Teacher Development & Resources Library, Music Library
- Staff: 127 highly-trained and experienced individuals; 56 librarians have tenure-track faculty status
- Budget: Over $17 million including $7.1 million for collections
- Over 2 million in person visits annually!
Information Resources and Collections
- More than 1.2 million bound volumes
- Over 300 databases and reference sources
- Nearly 80,000 journals and serials
- Access to more than 1.3 million e-books
- Internationally renowned UNLV Libraries Special Collections & Archives housing unique, rare and specialized research materials that document Las Vegas, Southern Nevada, the gaming industry, and UNLV
- Two specialized centers: Center for Gaming Research and the Oral History Research Center
- More than a dozen digital collections that feature a wide range of original source materials from UNLV Libraries Special Collections, the Nevada State Museum, the Historical Society of Las Vegas and the Clark County Heritage Museum
Facilities
- Main Library (Lied Library) and four satellite libraries: (Health Sciences Library, Architecture Studies Library, Teacher Development & Resources Library, and Music Library
- Total of 325,600 sq. ft. (includes Lied Library, Architecture Studies Library, Teacher Development & Resources Library, and Music Library)
- Libraries' Space Enhancement Project includes a new graduate student commons and improved spaces for all users
- 21 group study rooms
- 4 media viewing rooms
- 6 "smart" instruction rooms
- Nearly 600 public computer workstations
- Lied Automated Storage and Retrieval system (LASR), high density storage with 1.2 million volume capacity
- Preservation/conservation laboratory
- Lied Library shares its space with the Graduate Student Commons, the Academic Success Center and the Writing Center
Service and Information Literacy Initiatives
- 20 liaison and instruction librarians offer subject-specific reference, course related instruction sessions, and collections and scholarly communications for faculty and students
- Faculty Institutes in which UNLV Libraries faculty partner with UNLV faculty on course design
- Reference service through instant messaging, text, email or in-person
- Self-services including self-check-out, online document delivery requests, online access to patron record and online fee payment
- Electronic delivery of articles, book chapters, and complete volumes electronically to UNLV patrons' accounts, including distance education students
- Calvert Award for Undergraduate Research recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate sophistication and originality in research projects
- Mason Undergraduate Peer Research Coaches Program encourages undergraduate students who exhibit financial need, are first-generation college students or are from under-represented communities to complete their degree
- Institutional Repository captures, preserves and shares the intellectual output of UNLV faculty, staff, students and collaborations with other stakeholders.