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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries Records include reports, subject files, administrative files, communication, and planning records from the James R. Dickinson Library and Lied Library from 1959 to 2015.
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries Records include reports, subject files, administrative files, human resources records, library space use surveys, communication, and planning records from the James R. Dickinson Library and Lied Library from 1959-2015. The records include information about the establishment of the two libraries, the transition from the James R. Dickinson Library to Lied Library, as well as day-to-day operations and and multiyear planning. The records trace the growth and expansion of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas library system.
Access Note
Records in the University Archives are open to representatives of the originating office, but are closed to public access until the records have been reviewed for protected information. Protected information includes: personally identifiable information, personal health information, student records, records regarding disciplinary procedures, records that compromise security or operations, legal communications, and legal work product.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain in original order.
Biographical / Historical Note
- 1955
- The first library associated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was opened. It was located in the auditorium of the Las Vegas High School. This library was established while UNLV was not yet a separate university from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).
- 1957
- Maude Frazier Hall was constructed on what would become the UNLV campus and housed the university's library and a part-time librarian was hired.
- 1959
- The library was moved into the newly constructed Archie C. Grant Hall on the UNLV campus and two librarians and two clerical staff members were hired to meet the needs of the growing university.
- 1962
- Planning was begun to build UNLV’s first official library building. The building was designed by Las Vegas architect James Brooks McDaniel.
- 1963
- UNLV's first official library building was opened.
- 1967
- The new library building was considered too small and a second and third floor were added. After the expansion the library was named the James R. Dickinson Library after James R. Dickinson, the first full-time member of the University of Nevada’s faculty to be assigned to Las Vegas.
- 1979
- Plans were made to build a new library building, to replace the Dickinson Library, began. In 1981 the new building, designed by Las Vegas architect Robert Fielden was complete.
- 1991
- Planning began for a new library with the establishment of the New Library Planning Committee.
- 1994
- The State Legislature approved funding for the design of a new building and the architectural firm Welles-Pugsley and Leo A. Daly of Omaha, Nebraska were awarded the contract.
- 1997
- The State Legislature approve a construction budget for the new library and construction began.
- 1999
- Construction on the new library was completed.
- 2001
- Lied Library was opened to the public. The library was named after the founder of the Lied Charitable Trust, Ernst Lied.
Preferred Citation
University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries Records, 1959-2016. UA-00051. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1rd36
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Acquisition Note
Materials were periodically transfered to the University Archives.
Processing Note
These records are unprocessed. A summary of materials was created by Maggie Bukowski in 2018. To prepare the summary, the described materials were reviewed to create a contents list, estimate dates, and identify material types. No other work has been performed on the materials. In 2023, Sarah Jones added boxes 292-301 of libraries reproduction work orders and samples to the collection, rehoused the materials out of binders, and added the boxes into ArchivesSpace.
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These materials are stored in off-site storage facility. Advanced notice is required to access these materials.