News: Alumni Spotlight
Alumni Spotlight: The Work of an Ivy League Librarian – Tara Custer MLS ‘15
January 15, 2020 | iSchool NewsWhen looking for an ALA-accredited school, Tara came across the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies (UMD iSchool) …
Alumni Spotlight: A Librarian’s Journey to Finding Her Calling – Amelia Nuss, MLS 2010
December 13, 2019 | iSchool NewsSome people are born knowing that they want to be a librarian. Others discover their calling after years of working in a different prof …
Alumni Spotlight: How an iSchool Alumna Helps Fight Plagiarism – Terry Darr, MLS ’06
November 13, 2019 | iSchool NewsSchool library director Terry Darr, MLS 2006, teaches over 200 information literacy and plagiarism education classes each year to middl …
Alumni Spotlight: Independent Scholar Who Strives to Be an Autodidact – David B. Levy, MLS ‘94
October 7, 2019 | iSchoolNewsWhen David Levy, MLS ’94, was a student at the University of Maryland (UMD), he spent most of his free time in McKeldin Library where …
Alumni Spotlight: The Endless Opportunities in Librarianship – Mary Ellen Icaza MLS ‘98
September 30, 2019 | iSchoolNewsThe University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies (iSchool) played an important role in setting the foundation for Mary Ell …
Alumni Spotlight: From Law School to iSchool – Laura Moorer MLS’12
August 26, 2019 | iSchool NewsWorking in a library as a law school student made Laura Moorer, MLS ’12, realize that she did not want to always practice law. She di …
Alumni Spotlight: Enhancing Digital Tools at the New York Times – Jenny Hottle HCIM’17
August 23, 2019 | iSchool News
Working in Libraries – Like Mother, Like Daughter
July 25, 2019 | iSchoolNewsGrowing up with a librarian led Sarah Stonesifer, MLS alumna ’11, to spend a lot of time in libraries. Sarah’s mother, Susan Stones …
The Key to Solving the Puzzle of Web Governance, Featuring Robert Jacoby, MIM 2012
June 11, 2019 | iSchool NewsMeet Robert Jacoby, Web Governance Expert for the United Nations, poet, novelist, author of the “website governance” entry on Wikip …