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UMD INFO Faculty to Make Archival Materials More Accessible via Web Search
January 23, 2024 | Olivia Borgula & INFO StaffDiana Marsh and Katrina Fenlon are leading this NSF funded project

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UMD INFO Faculty and Students Lead Presentations at the 2024 ALA LibLearnX Conference
January 18, 2024 | INFO StaffLibrary practitioners, leaders, and researchers from around the country will gather at this annual event

(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: Experts Discuss Zines as a Form of Advocacy, Self Expression
January 9, 2024 | INFO StaffCultural heritage practitioners, educators and creators discuss zine creation and preservation

(Video) SoDa Seed Grant Series: Newspapers and the Lynching Story: Discoveries, Distortions, and Erasure, 1789-1963
January 9, 2024 | INFO StaffAssociate professor with UMD’s journalism college discusses research about lynching and news coverage

Alonzo Davis poses for a portrait during a student symposium held on Nov. 20, 2023, at the Driskell Center. (Cecilia Clemens Vargas Lugo/The Diamondback)
Diamondback: UMD Archive Gives Students a Look Into Life, Work of Artist Alonzo Davis (ft. Eric Hung and MLIS Students)
December 5, 2023 | Cecilia Clemens Vargas Lugo | DiamondbackMLIS students from the UMD College of Information share the life and work of renowned artist Alonzo Davis

(Video) Subject Analysis: Centering Historical Lives in Contemporary Archives
November 29, 2023 | INFO StaffDorothy Berry discusses marginalized voices in contemporary archives during CAFe Speaker Series

University Libraries: New StoryMap Exhibit dives into UMD Restorative Justice (ft. Diana Marsh)
November 16, 2023 | University LibrariesMorrill Reckoning: Acknowledging Indigenous Lands that Funded the University of Maryland has been added to UMD Libraries StoryMap coll …