Library and Information Science
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Research Projects
UMD INFO College Fellows Program at the National Agricultural Library
Principal Investigator(s): Katrina Fenlon
Funder: US Department of Agriculture
Research Areas: Archival Science > Digital Humanities > Library and Information Science > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): Katrina Fenlon
Funder: US Department of Agriculture
Research Areas: Archival Science > Digital Humanities > Library and Information Science > Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Ready Now: Supporting Youth and Families During Crisis
Principal Investigator(s): Mega Subramaniam Nitzan Koren
Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Research Areas: Library and Information Science
Principal Investigator(s): Mega Subramaniam Nitzan Koren
Funder: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Research Areas: Library and Information Science
Investigating the Information Practices of COVID Long-Haulers
Principal Investigator(s): Beth St. Jean Twanna Hodge Jane Behre J. Nicole Miller Miranda Downey
Funder: State of MD
Research Areas: Health Informatics > Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics > Library and Information Science
This project investigates the information needs, practices, and experiences of people who have long COVID ("COVID long-haulers") in order to learn more about their COVID-related information needs, the ways in which they have gone about fulfilling these needs, and their information-related experiences. W
Principal Investigator(s): Beth St. Jean Twanna Hodge Jane Behre J. Nicole Miller Miranda Downey
Funder: State of MD
Research Areas: Health Informatics > Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics > Library and Information Science
This project investigates the information needs, practices, and experiences of people who have long COVID ("COVID long-haulers") in order to learn more about their COVID-related information needs, the ways in which they have gone about fulfilling these needs, and their information-related experiences. W
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Recent News
Hornbake Library, a University library in College Park, Maryland
Alumni Profile: From Trailblazing Librarian to Acclaimed Author: A Journey of Cultural Bridges and Academic Excellence
A profile of Ben Igwe, INFO’s first Black PhD graduate
This 1900 image of the Carlisle Indian School football team includes one of Assistant Professor Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner's ancestors. She said this and the photo of her great-great-great grandmother Joaquina Nahwilet (image at bottom) is a rare example of good photo metadata; improving the tools in archival research is a primary goal of the new Indigenous archives project she's co-leading. Photo by John N. Choate/Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Maryland Today: UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives
Project co-led by INFO and ARHU will develop tools, standards, and reparative practices to restore indigenous histories
InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov