What's New In Special Collections

Staff Highlight: Marina Georgieva and the Nevada Digital Newspaper Project

Marina Georgieva, Project Manager for the National Digital Newspaper Project (NDNP) at UNLV

If you're curious about some of the work UNLV Libraries Special Collections staff members are doing in the archives, our Staff Highlight feature answers commonly-asked questions about their projects and perspectives. Here, Marina Georgieva, Project Manager for the National Digital Newspaper Project, offers a look into her current activities with this ongoing effort to provide permanent access to a national digital resource of…Read More

Latinx Voices: Elsa Lopez

Elsa Lopez
Elsa Lopez is a senior UNLV elementary education major working on the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project.

When you ask Elsa Lopez how she prefers to be identified, the senior UNLV elementary education major finds herself a bit indecisive on what term best encompasses her life.

“I like the term “Chicana” right now, because it refers to individuals like me who have Mexican parents and were born in the U.S.,” says Lopez. “In a couple of years, I may identify differently. My indecisiveness is not unique, for this is the experience of many Latinx people. As of today, I identify as a Latina/Chicana and as a future Teacher of Color.”

Lopez is…Read More

Seven UNLV Faculty Selected for Special Collections & Archives Retreat

Seven UNLV faculty members were recently selected participate in a University Libraries faculty retreat on Jan. 15 and 16 to learn more about how to integrate Special Collections & Archives materials into their courses.

The selected faculty include Ying Bao, Associate Professor of Chinese; Benjamin Burroughs, Assistant Professor of Emerging Media; Carlos Dimas, Assistant Professor of History; Vanessa Fenley, Assistant Professor of Public Policy; Carlos Flores, Assistant Professor in Residence of Communication Studies; Margarita Jara, Associate Professor of Spanish; and Magdalena Martinez, Assistant Professor of  Public Policy.

During the retreat, faculty members will be working with Su Kim Chung, Head of Special Collections Public Services, Priscilla Finley, Humanities Librarian, and Susie Skarl, Urban Affairs Librarian, to discover Special Collections & Archives resources and develop lesson plans for incorporating the materials into their courses…Read More

Eadington Fellow Brian Nussbaum: In Residence Jan 4 - Jan 16

We are delighted to welcome our latest Eadington Fellow, Brian H. Nussbaum, to the Center for Gaming Research in Special Collections & Archives.

Brian Nussbaum, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of homeland security and cybersecurity in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany, affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School and a fellow of the Cybersecurity Initiative at New America. His research interests focus on state and local government homeland security and…Read More

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