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3 Faculty Members Awarded $1.4 Million to Develop Library and Archival Services

August 2, 2022 | INFO Staff

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program awarded 3 Professors funding which suppor …

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AIC: UMD Student Project Featured on Japanese Television

April 11, 2022 | iSchool News Staff

The students' research follows second generation Japanese American who was forcibly removed from his home after the attacks on Pearl Ha …

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Katrina Fenlon to Support New Commission to Foster Digital Humanities Projects on Social and Racial Justice

December 10, 2021 | Press Release

The Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship will look at improving the support, access, and sustainability o …

How the Abrupt Disappearance of Digital Archives Impacts Communities

July 27, 2021 | Hayleigh Moore

UMD iSchool’s Dr. Katrina Fenlon partners with regional and global organizations through the Sustaining Digital Community Collections …

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Womens’ Right to Vote: Free Exhibits

March 22, 2021 | UMD iSchool Staff

Free, virtual women's suffrage exhibits compiled in honor of Women's History Month and the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

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New Partnership Aims to Help UMD Further Diversify D.C. Region’s Tech Ecosystem

March 2, 2021 | Press Release

To increase female-identifying and non-binary students graduating with a tech degree at UMD by 12.5% in the next 5 years.

Alumni Spotlight: Alumna Praises iSchool as the Heart of Nation’s Archival World – Ann Abney, MLS ‘16

November 2, 2020 | iSchool News

Ann currently works as the Special Projects Archivist for the South Carolina Political Collections (SCPC) at the University of South Ca …

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UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members

August 26, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle

With strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …

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UMD iSchool, a Hub of Revolutionary Digital Curation Research and Technology Development

August 25, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore

Exploring the UMD iSchool's history of being integral to the advancement of digital curation.