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About the Collection
This collection contains faculty research from the UNLV University Libraries. Records are organized by Year, Author, and Title. To view the entire collection of UNLV faculty research across all programs, visit the All Faculty Research collection.
Submissions from 2016
How do early career health sciences information professionals gain competencies?, Bethany A. Myers and Bredny Rodriguez
Assessing the scope and feasibility of first-year students' research paper topics, E Rinto, M Bowles-Terry, and A J. Santos
A Virtuous Circle of Student Engagement: The Tech Corner, Brian R. Schuck and Susan B. Wainscott
Donald Trump Wasn’t the Only One Who Made a Bad Bet on Atlantic City, David G. Schwartz
"Hazard All He Hath’’: Shakespeare’s Gambling World, David G. Schwartz
Personal Space: Discovery Children’s Museum, David G. Schwartz
Tales from the Pit: Casino Table Games Managers in Their Own Words, David G. Schwartz
The NHL is coming to Las Vegas because America is now a casino nation, David G. Schwartz
Say Yes to Digital Surrogates: Strengthening the Archival Record in the Post custodial Era, Cyndi Shein and Emily Lapworth
Veterans Health Administration, Susie Skarl
Preparing Controlled Vocabularies for Linked Data: Benefits and Challenges, Silvia B. Southwick, Cory K. Lampert, and Richard M. Southwick
Game On: Online Serious Gaming to Build Interprofessional Competencies, Dana E. Thimons
Training Graduate Engineering Students in Ethics, Mohamed Trabia, Julie A. Longo, and Susan Wainscott
Leading a Horse to Water: Writing Workshops for Engineering Graduate Students, Susan Wainscott and Julie A. Longo
Using Single-Case Research Design to Assess Course-Embedded Research Consultations, John Watts
Executive Committee (report), Andrea Wirth
Steering Clear of Low-Quality Journals: Resources for Evaluating Journals for Publication, Andrea Wirth
Systems of Access: A Multidisciplinary Strategy for Assessing the Social Dimensions of Sustainability, Christopher Wolsko, Elizabeth Marino, Thomas J. Doherty, Steve Fisher, Amanda S. Green, Briana Goodwin, Ryan Reese, and Andrea Wirth
Submissions from 2015
Libraries & Student Success, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Proving and improving the value of the academic library, Melissa Bowles-Terry
Classroom Assessment Techniques for Librarians, Melissa Bowles-Terry and Cassandra Kvenild
Review of the Darwin Manuscripts from the Cambridge Digital Library, Gregory L. Carr
Website Review: Charles Darwin’s Beagle library, Gregory L. Carr
LibGuides Best Practices: How Usability Testing Showed Us What Students Really Want from Subject Guides, Kristen A. Costello, Darcy Del Boque, Susie A. Skarl, and Michael Yunkin
Review of Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management, 3rd ed, by Peggy Johnson, Annette P. Day
iPads in the Music Library: Harmony or Dissonance, Kirstin Dougan and Kate Lambaria
Review of Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings, by James Fisher, Priscilla J. Finley
Embedding with Google: Using Google to optimize embedded librarian involvement, Samantha Godbey
Ethnography in Action: Active Learning in Academic Library Outreach to Middle School Students, Samantha Godbey, Nancy Fawley, Xan Goodman, and Susan Wainscott
What Is a Database?, Samantha Godbey, Susan B. Wainscott, and Xan Y. Goodman
Tracing information across time, Xan Y. Goodman
Academic Libraries as Community Resource Partners for Entrepreneurs, Patrick J. Griffis
Professional Development for Assessment: Lessons From Reflective Practice, Lisa Hinchliffe, Debra Gilchrist, April Cunningham, Carrie Donovan, Eric Resnis, and John C. Watts
Data Reference and Instruction in Journalism and the Social Sciences, Starr Hoffman
Best Practices for Cataloging Streaming Media Using RDA and MARC21 Version 1.0, Jeannette Ho, Erminia Chao, Rebecca Culbertson, Jennifer Eustis, Cyrus Ford Zarganj, Annie Glerum, Ngoc-My Guidarelli, Mary Huismann, Stacie Traill, and Donna Viscuglia
Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21 Version 1.0, Mary Huismann, Diane Robson, William Anderson, Lloyd Chittenden, Cyrus Ford Zarganj, Douglas King, John Lavalie, Peter Lisius, Nancy Lorimer, Julie Renee Moore, Lori Murphy, Laurie Neuerburg, Anchalee "Joy" Panigabutra-Roberts, Scott Piepenburg, Walter Walker, Iris Wolley, Greta De Groat, Kelley McGrath, and Jay Weitz
Change MedEd Chicago October, 2015 (accepted but not presented), Patricia Iannuzzi
Review of Exhibits in Archives and Special Collections Libraries by Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Karla A. Irwin
Review of World Digital Library, Karla A. Irwin
LASR Pointers: Assessing the need for, creating, and measuring standardized training for an automated storage and retrieval system, Heather Johnson and Greg W. Voelker
Review of Richard Gilman-Opalsky's Precarious Communism: Manifest Mutations, Manifesto Detourned, Heidi R. Johnson
On the Brink of Linked Data: Evolving Workflows and Staff Expertise, Cory K. Lampert and Silvia Southwick
Scan-and-Return as Part of the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project, Emily Lapworth
Controlling Goods or Promoting the Public Good: Choices for Special Collections in the Marketplace, Michelle Light
The Libraries They Are A-Changin’: How Libraries Reorganize, John Novak and Annette Day
Reorganizing through Lean Principles, John Novak and Richard J. W. Zwiercan
Library Instruction and Themed Composition Courses: An Investigation of Factors that Impact Student Learning, Erin E. Rinto and Elisa I. Cogbill-Seiders
Streaming Video: Managing Access and User Expectations, Brian Schuck and Cyrus Ford Zarganj
Boardwalk Playground: The Making, Unmaking, & Remaking of Atlantic City, David G. Schwartz
Just a Passing Glance: The Kefauver Committee in Las Vegas, David G. Schwartz
Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Susie A. Skarl
A Guide for Transforming Digital Collections Metadata into Linked Data Using Open Source Technologies, Silvia B. Southwick
Practical Guidance for Integrating Data Management into Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Projects, Robert D. Sutter, Susan Wainscott, John R. Boetsch, Craig Palmer, and David J. Rugg
Using single-case research design in to assess course-embedded research consultations, John Watts
Collaborating with Faculty to Assess Research Consultations for Graduate Students, John C. Watts and Stephanie Mahfood
Purchasing, Licensing Models, and Delivery of Streaming Videos for Libraries, Cyrus Ford Zarganj
Acquisition, Access, and Discovery of Streaming Media for Libraries, Cyrus Ford Zarganj and Carol Ou
It Takes More than a Mandate: Factors that Contribute to Increased Rates of Article Deposit to an Institutional Repository, Hui Zhang, Michael Boock, and Andrea Wirth
Submissions from 2014
Tracking Changes: One Library's Homepage Over Time—Findings from Usability Testing and Reflections on Staffing, Jeanne M. Brown and Michael A. Yunkin
Collaborative organizational infrastructures to support open access journals, Marianne A. Buehler
Research Literally at Your Fingertips, Marianne A. Buehler
Utilizing IR Content Discovery Streams, Marianne A. Buehler
Rebar: Reinforce Your Career with Self-Mentoring, Xan Goodman
Information Literacy in Business Education Experiential Learning Programs, Patrick Griffis
Supporting Community Transformation: Becoming a Community-Engaged Academic Library, Patrick Griffis
Mentoring Diverse Leaders in Academic Libraries, Starr Hoffman
Work Smarter, Not Harder, Amy Jo Hunsaker
Leadership In Action: Leading, Learning, And Reflecting On A Career In Academic Libraries, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Engagement of Academic Libraries and Information Science Schools in Creating Curriculum for Sustainability: An Exploratory Study, Maria A. Jankowska, Bonnie J. Smith, and Marianne A. Buehler
Controlling Goods or Promoting the Public Good: Choices for Special Collections in the Marketplace, Michelle Light
Managing Risk with a Virtual Reading Room: Two Born Digital Projects, Michelle Light
The Importance of Being Lean: Using Lean Principles and Tools to Improve Acquisitions Workflows, John Novak and Richard J. W. Zwiercan
How to Deal with Published Maps in Your Collection, Katherine Rankin
Maps: A "Must Have" Item for Genealogists, Katherine Rankin
Accidental Map Librarian, Maps and Map Collection Management - The Basics, Katherine Rankin and Mary L. Larsgaard
Institutional Repository and Archival Collaborations at UNLV Libraries: Who's In, Who's Out?, Tom D. Sommer
Submissions from 2013
Expanding Library Support of Faculty Research: Exploring Readiness, Jeanne M. Brown and J. Cory Tucker
Use of Data in Collections Work: An Exploratory Survey, Jeanne Brown and Eva Stowers
Demystifying the Institutional Repository for Success, Marianne A. Buehler
At the Nexus of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy, Marianne A. Buehler and Anne E. Zald
Mixed Methods, Mixed Results: A Study of Engagement Among Students Using iPads in Library Instruction, Kaijsa Calkins and Melissa Bowles-Terry
Career information literacy for students’ interview success, Amanda Cox and Lateka Grays
Will You Be My Friend? Social Networking in the Workplace, Darcy C. Del Bosque
Flip This Class: Using a Flipped Classroom Approach to Teach Information Literacy, Nancy E. Fawley
LinkedIn as an Information Source for Human Resources, Competitive Intelligence, Nancy E. Fawley
Serving Those Who Serve: Outreach and Instruction for Student Cadets and Veterans, Nancy E. Fawley and Nikki Kyrsak
Collaboration as an essential tool in information literacy education 9-16: Context, qualities and implications, Samantha Godbey
Vendor of the Month: A Marketing Collaboration, Lateka Grays and J. Cory Tucker
Library Roles: Supporting Research through New Methods of Scholarly Communication, Starr Hoffman
Developing a Campus-Wide Information Literacy Agenda, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Info Lit 2.0 or Deja Vu?, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Creating a Campus-Wide Information Literacy Agenda, Patricia A. Iannuzzi and Chris Heavey
Leading to Linking: Introducing Linked Data to Academic Library Digital Collections, Cory K. Lampert and Silvia B. Southwick
Born Difficult?, Michelle Light
Virtual Reference at UNLV Libraries: From Infancy to Popular Student Service, Sidney D. Lowe and Darcy C. Del Bosque
Engagement and Assessment in a Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Course, Jennifer Mayer and Melissa Bowles-Terry
eBook Lending Platforms, John Novak
Developing and Applying an Information Literacy Rubric to Student Annotated Bibliographies, Erin E. Rinto
“Seeing” the elephant: Assessing the impact of library-composition program collaboration on first-year student learning, Erin E. Rinto
Attesting to Unique Attractions: The Significance of the President's Commission on Organized Crime (1984-1986) Gambling Hearings, David G. Schwartz