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UNLV Libraries Receives LSTA Grant to Partner wtih Vegas PBS

March 1960 meeting at the Moulin Rouge Hotel Coffee Shop to end segregation on the Las Vegas Strip. City officials and NAACP members met to eliminate segregation in public accommodations and jobs and discuss calling off demonstrations on the Strip in the City of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada. From left to right: Woodrow Wilson (NAACP), Lubertha M. Warden Johnson, Bob Bailey (NAACP), Clesse Turner (County Commissioner), Butch W. E. Leypoldt (Sheriff), Hank Greenspun (Las Vegas Sun), Dr. James B. McMillan (President of the NAACP), Oran Gragson (Mayor), Dr. Charles I. West, Ray K. Sheffer (Chief of Police), Art Olsen (County…Read More

Archiving UNLV's Web Presence

Archiving UNLV's Web Presence

Documenting the UNLV web site using Archive-It - a service of the Internet Archive.

The University Archives in UNLV Libraries Special Collections have been collecting the paper records and publications of UNLV for nearly fifty years, but in the twenty-first century, it is has become essential to collect and document the university's landscape in the digital world.  Thus, UNLV Libraries Special Collections has recently begun to archive UNLV's public web presence via Archive-It, a service of the Internet Archive.

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Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Launches

Photograph of original Temple Beth Sholom building, 1960s. MS-00711, Temple Beth Sholom

Cory Lampert, Head of Digital Collections, recently announced the launch of the UNLV Libraries latest digital collection: The Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. 

"This digitization project was  initially funded by a $100,000 state Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant and has two goals: 1) to create a digital collection that will provide online access to…Read More

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