The UNLV Libraries: four years after the construction of a new main library

Abstract

Purpose

To provide an introduction to a two‐volume special issue on Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas that focuses on major changes, new services, and technology issues four years after the opening of the new main library.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 18 articles are featured, including a graphical time line of events, post‐construction thoughts, web site redesign, organizational change, the automated storage and retrieval system (LASR), and a virtual branch library, among other topics. Nine articles each will be published in Vol. 23, No. 1 and Vol. 23, No. 3 (2005). Readers should also access articles written three years previously in Vol. 20, No. 1 (2002) of Library Hi Tech titled “The New Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: focus on the planning and implementation of technology and change”.

Findings

Technology and change in the construction of a new main library can assist and guide others contemplating similar library construction, reorganization projects, and technology and digital implementations.

Originality/value

An introduction to the two‐part special issue.

Citation

Eden, B. (2005), "The UNLV Libraries: four years after the construction of a new main library", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830510586649