“Digitizing and making these recordings available will help scholars hunting for a glimpse of industry insight, but also bring to life the voices of casino laborers who keep the city and its massive industry running,” said Sarah Jones, head of Special Collections & Archives Technical Services, who is leading the project with Visual Material Curator Aaron Mayes. The Doubling Down project will digitize approximately 800 unique audiovisual items found across a number of archival collections related to gaming and hospitality. “It is vital that we digitize these items for preservation because they are in a variety of physical conditions and obsolete formats that prevent them from being accessed by researchers.” “We are grateful to CLIR for recognizing the importance of our work in preserving the stories of the individuals who have contributed to making Las Vegas such a destination for travelers,” said Sarah Quigley, director of Special Collections & Archives. The project was recently awarded a Recordings at Risk Grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources to support digitization work. These items are among the collections that will be digitized as part of “Doubling Down: Preserving the Stories of the Workers and Dreamers Behind the Las Vegas Casino Industry” and preserved in UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives. Publicity records on a Las Vegas casino owner and entrepreneur. Entertainment acts from the Stardust Casino. Oral histories of casino workers and executives.
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