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The Indigenous Archival Training program team receives SAA Archival Innovator Award 2024
News Release: Archival Innovator Award is Presented to Team Including INFO Faculty
August 6, 2024 | SAA StaffA program aimed at centering Indigenous stewardship practices in archives receives award from the Society of American Archivists

INFO is Leading the Charge in Training Librarians for a Digital Era
July 18, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonThe impact the MLIS program has had since it increased its technical offerings

“It’s My Turn”: From School Teacher to Director of Education at the National Cryptologic Museum
July 2, 2024 | Maia JohnstonA profile of MLIS alum Jennifer Robertson

A Beacon Behind Bars: Updated Standards Designed to Increase Accessibility of Carceral Libraries
June 27, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonINFO Assistant Professor Victoria Van Hyning was instrumental in writing the Standards for Library Services for the Incarcerated or Det …

UMD MLS alum Nancy Balz
Committing to Lifelong Learning and Public Service
June 25, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonThe Nancy and Daniel Balz MLIS Scholarship for Returning Students has a real-world impact

(Video) Dean’s Lecture Series: Game-Changers: Unleashing the Power of Sports Informatics in Athletics
May 29, 2024 | Maia JohnstonPanelists discuss the game changing unification of sports and data

Kevin Beverly
A Storied Career of Transforming Global Health Through Data
May 28, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of MLS alumnus Kevin Beverly, UMD INFO College graduate

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News Release: UMD Launches Step-by-Step Guides for Maryland Residents to Navigate Online Government Services
May 22, 2024 | UMD StaffFrom getting a driver’s license to filing taxes to applying for SNAP food benefits

Ariel Segal (at center) and colleagues from around the world, including head of the Library of Congress Collections Digitization Division Tom Rieger (at right), at the Society for Imaging Science and Technology Archiving 2024 Conference at the National Archives celebrate after Segal's Hebrew Manuscripts presentation
Library of Congress Digitizes Rare Hebrew Manuscripts, Opening Centuries of Jewish History to the World
May 7, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonMLS alumnus Ariel Segal worked on the years-long project