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Alumni Spotlight: iSchool Lays the Foundation for Alumna’s Career in Academic Librarianship – Joyce Garczynski MLS ‘09

September 8, 2020 | iSchool News
The foundation for Joyce Garczynski’s, MLS ’09, career in librarianship was built from her experience in the Master of Library Scie …
Yellow traffic sign that says "Decisions Ahead" and text to it's left that reads "Who in the community does this decision serve, and how do I know that what I am thinking is actually true?"

School Library Journal: The Right and Wrong Way To Make Decisions in a Crisis | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam

September 4, 2020 | iSchool News
As a part of her crowdsourcing project to reimagine libraries, Mega Subramaniam published her fourth SLJ article, discussing how deci …
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Dr. Mega Subramaniam (center), stands together with two of her Kyrgyz colleagues.

Fulbright: Hosted by the Library and Information Consortium of the Kyrgyz Republic, featuring Mega Subramaniam

September 4, 2020 | iSchool News
As a Fulbright Specialist, Mega Subramaniam used her expertise to train librarians in the Kyrgyz Republic on how to improve their enga …
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MLIS Student Working to Connect Library Services to Children

August 28, 2020 | iSchool News
MLIS student Angela Pfeiffer discusses her responsibilities as a Children's Library Associate II and how her role has changed during …
Research Will Test Finger-worn Sensor That Tracks Stroke Survivors’ Arm Movements

Research Will Test Finger-worn Sensor That Tracks Stroke Survivors’ Arm Movements

August 28, 2020 | Press Release
Dr. Eun Kyoung Choe to work with UMass research team on project awarded $2.4 million NIH grant.
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Dr. Jonathan Lazar Delivering a Lecture on Digital Accessibility

SIGACCESS Release: Jonathan Lazar – Outstanding Contribution Recipient 2020

August 27, 2020 | SIGACCESS
Dr. Jonathan Lazar was named the winner of the 2020 ACM SIGACCESS Award (Special Interest Groups on Accessible Computing) for Out …
BSIS Student Builds Database for the Library of Congress

BSIS Student Builds Database for the Library of Congress

August 27, 2020 | iSchool News
As a summer intern at the Library of Congress, Sarah Patrick transformed a print resource into an interactive digital experience.
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Dr. Susannah Paletz

UMD iSchool to Investigate AI Tech for Intelligence Analysts

August 26, 2020 | Press Release
Funded by the U.S. Army Research Office, the multi-institution team led by Dr. Susannah Paletz will look at team cognition and AI solu …
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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 …