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

January 15, 2020 | iSchool News

When looking for an ALA-accredited school, Tara came across the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies (UMD iSchool) …

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Alumni Spotlight: A Librarian’s Journey to Finding Her Calling – Amelia Nuss, MLS 2010

December 13, 2019 | iSchool News

Some people are born knowing that they want to be a librarian. Others discover their calling after years of working in a different prof …

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Alumni Spotlight: How an iSchool Alumna Helps Fight Plagiarism – Terry Darr, MLS ’06

November 13, 2019 | iSchool News

School library director Terry Darr, MLS 2006, teaches over 200 information literacy and plagiarism education classes each year to middl …

Faculty Spotlight: Maggie Dull, Lecturer

Faculty Spotlight: Maggie Dull, Lecturer

November 12, 2019 | iSchoolNews

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Alumni Spotlight: Independent Scholar Who Strives to Be an Autodidact – David B. Levy, MLS ‘94

October 7, 2019 | iSchoolNews

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 …

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Alumni Spotlight: The Endless Opportunities in Librarianship – Mary Ellen Icaza MLS ‘98

September 30, 2019 | iSchoolNews

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

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Alumni Spotlight: From Law School to iSchool – Laura Moorer MLS’12

August 26, 2019 | iSchool News

Working 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 …