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Alumni Spotlight: Keys to Succeeding in the Forensic Investigation Field – Pranali Shetty, MIM ‘15

Forensic investigation is a challenging field where information plays a key role, from cyber threat investigations to extracting eviden …

Alumni Spotlight: Re-Envisioning the Role of Libraries in Teaching and Learning – Jean Donham, MLS ‘72

At the start of her professional career, Dr. Jean Donham taught at a middle school in the small town of Ames, Iowa.

Alumni Spotlight: An Adventurous Infrastructure Architect – Charell Adagala, BSIS ‘18

Alumni spotlight: How the iSchool Kick-started My Cybersecurity Career – Omar Youssef, BSIS ‘19

Alumni Spotlight: The Work of an Ivy League Librarian – Tara Custer MLS ‘15

When 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

Some 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

School 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

When 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

The University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies (iSchool) played an important role in setting the foundation for Mary Ell …