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New Open Access Publishing Opportunities Available for UNLV Researchers

UNLV researchers now have two new opportunities to publish open access articles without paying publication fees.

What's New In Special Collections and Archives: Sharon K. Schafer Artwork
Watercolor illustration of a roadrunner by Sharon K.
Nellis AFB, UNLV collaborate on preserving the base’s history Malik Ahmad, a digital collections student assistant with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, stands for a photo at the UNLV Lied Library in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 21, 2026. Ahmad is leading the digitization of more than 50,000 Nellis Air Force Base newspapers.
Nellis AFB, UNLV collaborate on preserving the base’s history
Malik Ahmad, a digital collections student assistant with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, stands for a photo at the UNLV Lied Library in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 21, 2026.

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Collection highlight: John Levy Lighting Productions Records and the Roman temple by Jimmy Chang

Roman interpretation of classical Greek architecture, or Las Vegas’ interpretation of a Roman interpretation of classical Greek architecture?

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NV Energy Donates $10K to UNLV University Libraries Latinx Voices Project
Tony Sanchez, NV Energy Senior Vice President, and Peter Guzman, President of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commence, present a $10,000 check to Claytee White, Director of the UNLV Oral History Re
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Digitizing Historic Las Vegas Newspapers by Stacey Fott

Front page of the Las Vegas Age from April 1912

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Six Secrets from Special Collections with Sarah Jones

UNLV Libraries Special Collections & Archives Visiting Technical Services Librarian Sarah Jones

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The Robert Woodruff Collection Exhibit

With the construction of Hoover Dam all but finished, and the gaming and tourisms industries still in their infancy, the future of Las Vegas in 1937 held no certainties.

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Las Vegas Centennial Commission Awards $50K Grant for Latinx Voices Project

The Las Vegas Centennial Commission has awarded University Libraries a $50,000 grant to support the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project.

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Digital Collections Receives $80K LSTA Grant to Support Large-Scale Digitization Training

The UNLV University Libraries Digital Collections department has received an $80,685 Library Services and Technology Act Grant to support a large-scale digitization project.

“We appreciate the support from the Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records in funding this project to further our work on large-scale digitization efforts,” said Maggie Farrell, Dean of the UNLV University Libraries. “These projects help us quickly provide access to historical documents and photographers for researchers around the globe.”

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Collection Highlight: Lifting the Lid on Early Photograph Albums by Melise Leech

Crowd watching sporting event at park opening in Los Angeles, CA, c. 1911

Melise Leech is an archival processing assistant  in UNLV Libraries Special Collections & Archives. 

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Collections as Data: Rethinking the Digital Archive in the Digital Age by Doris Morgan Rueda
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Collections as Data: The Process (and Complications) of Data Visualization by Doris Morgan Rueda