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The Library’s Role in Supporting Health Information Justice During COVID-19

Examining the current and future role of libraries in supporting communities.

Brookings: Where Would Racial Progress in Policing be Without Camera Phones? featuring Nicol Turner Lee

Technology is becoming part of the story regarding how marginalized populations in the U.S.

Digital Privacy News: Ease of Voice Recognition Technology Brings Great Risks, featuring Jessica Vitak

Technology creates additional convenience for users, it poses a threat to their privacy.

Would you make a good Information Detective? Explaining the career of an Open Source Intelligence Professional, featuring Mary Ann Francis

Have you ever wondered about privacy and the data that operating systems, search engines, and social networks collect about you?

New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry

The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) grant is funded through the National Science Foundation to provide educational and profes …

Two UMD iSchool Faculty Members Join FAS COVID-19 Task Force

The Federation of American Scientists has assembled teams of world-class experts to examine and advise on various facets of the COVID …

WUSA: Apple, Google Team Up for Contact Tracing Tech to Help Fight Coronavirus (featuring Jen Golbeck)

WUSA anchor Gio Insignares talks with Dr. Jen Golbeck about Apple and Google working together to create a new technology that would let …

Why Disadvantaged Populations are at Greater Health Risk from COVID-19 – and How Libraries are Helping, Despite Closing

SEASide Webinar: Consumer Health Information Justice and Health Disparities (featuring Beth St. Jean)