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Library Post Partnerships: A Solution to Increase Access to Public Library Facilities in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
No full textResource deserts are areas with residential populations that lack access to public amenities. Current standards in the field of Library and Information Sciences recommend a two-mile buffer zone around public libraries in order to ensure access and use of facilities. In the Las Vegas metropolitan area, multiple library deserts can be identified overlapping with areas designated for community development. This research shows that public libraries provide resources that can improve community metrics, notably educational and vocational outcomes, but that many neighborhoods in the region lack access to a facility. Increasing the distribution of public libraries as they are currently architecturally designed is an ideal goal, but can neither match the current need for community development nor be implemented at the rate of population growth. Instead, alternative solutions to expand public library facilities, while maintaining access to indoor spaces, materials, and staff, are explored. The concluded best practice would be to explore library post partnerships, which are public/private space-sharing agreements with organizations located in library deserts. Library post partnerships would decrease the costs of expansion and facility maintenance, strengthen community relationships, and reach patrons who may not otherwise access library services. The issue of library deserts is not unique to one city, however, and becomes more salient as resources for public amenities are influenced by economic and political shifts. The proposed policy solution is foundational to creating a model for increasing library access in the Las Vegas metropolitan area and beyond
Public School Funding in the Mountain West, 2020-2021
No full textThis fact sheet examines the state of public school funding across the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are sourced from the Education Law Center’s 2023 Making the Grade report, which provides data for all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The original report provides grades for school funding, enrollment data, and funding data based on the 2020-2021 school year
Nevada Medical Residencies, 2025
No full textThis fact sheet highlights medical residency data for the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 graduating classes of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) School of Medicine. This fact sheet presents data on residency program matches at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and the UNR School of Medicine, shows where Nevada medical school graduates pursue their residencies, and updates findings from a 2024 fact sheet exploring 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 graduating class data
Private Military Contractors: Assessing Their Impact on U.S. Military Effectiveness and Ethical Standards
No full textBackground & Objectives: Scale of outsourcing: \u3e180,000.00 troops Major providers: Blackwater and DynCorp • Research focus: magnitude of impacthttps://oasis.library.unlv.edu/durep_lightning/1044/thumbnail.jp
To Use or to Not: Differentiating Artificial Intelligence Content for Different Industries
No full textIntroduction:
❖ Some designers say AI helps boost creativity, new ideas, and overall work efficiency.
❖ The fashion brand Collina Strada received backlash for using AI-made prints.
❖ By 2030, AI data centers in the U.S. may use 323 terawatt-hours of electricity — a huge increase in power demand.
❖ Over 200 artists in the music industry are pushing back against AI, saying it hurts human creators’ rights.
❖ AI tools have been caught using artists’ work without permission to train image generators.https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/durep_podium/1060/thumbnail.jp
The Coso Paradox: An Additional Perspective of Indigenous Identity
No full textThe Coso Mountain Range in Inyo County, California is an archaeological site rich with evidence of human interactions throughout prehistory. One of the most striking features is Coso’s abundance of rock art, estimated at over 100,000 etchings, with over half depicting Ovis canadensis (Bighorn Sheep). Coso’s rock art has been long-debated as a site of “shamanistic” prevalence, including vision quests, rain god worship , and interpretations of fertility. While spirituality is an integral part of many Indigenous cultures, it is highly unlikely that such a mass creation spanning hundreds of years and multiple cultural groups would be solely spiritual.https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/durep_posters/1257/thumbnail.jp
Childcare Expense and Demand in the Mountain West, 2023
No full textThis fact sheet presents 2023 data on childcare expenses in the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are sourced from The LendingTree article, “Families Who Pay for Childcare Spend Nearly a Fifth of Their Income on It.” The original report includes data on the states’ percentages of weekly income spent on childcare as well as the percentage of households using paid childcare
Living Arrangements of Grandparents in the Mountain West, 2021
No full textThis fact sheet examines data on living arrangements from the U.S. Census Bureau report “Grandparents and Their Coresident Grandchildren: 2021.” This fact sheet includes data on the number of grandparents living with their grandchildren, the percentage of grandparents living with grandchildren, and the percentage of grandparents that are responsible for grandchildren in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah
Urban Heat Islands in Mountain West Cities, 2024
No full textThis fact sheet presents data on Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) in six cities across five Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are derived from the 2024 Climate Central report, “Urban Heat Hot Spots in 65 Cities,” which includes data on how UHIs boost temperatures in 65 major cities across the United States. This fact sheet focuses on UHIs in six Mountain West cities: Albuquerque, NM; Denver, CO; Las Vegas, NV; Phoenix, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT; and Tucson, AZ
Piloting the Inclusion of Dollar Stores in the Modified Retail Food Environment Index (Mrfei) in Urban Clark County, Nevada
No full textFood insecurity is the condition of having limited or uncertain access to adequate food. It contributes to poor diet-related health outcomes which are in turn influenced by the food environment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed the Modified Retail Food Environment Index (mRFEI) to characterize food environments by measuring the proportion of healthy and non-healthy retailers. The CDC mRFEI considers a variety of establishments but fails to include dollar stores, which contribute to the food environment by offering food and, in some cases, fresh produce. This study proposed an “expanded mRFEI” that modified the CDC mRFEI methodology to include dollar stores. Both indices were compared to assess whether the expanded mRFEI significantly changed the proportion of food environment classifications (food deserts, food swamps, and healthful tracts) among urban Clark County census tracts. There were 1,356 food retailers included in the CDC mRFEI and 76 dollar stores (10 healthy and 66 less healthy), added to the expanded mRFEI. Urban Clark County’s median mRFEI score of 13.33 remained unaltered after including dollar stores. The generalized McNemar’s test showed that the expanded mRFEI did not significantly change the number of food deserts (mRFEI = 133, expanded mRFEI = 128), swamps (mRFEI = 119, expanded mRFEI = 124), or healthful census tracts (mRFEI = 254, expanded mRFEI = 254). The findings suggest that the measurement of food environments is complex, and efforts to do so require a more comprehensive and systemic approach