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Katrina Fenlon to Support New Commission to Foster Digital Humanities Projects on Social and Racial Justice
December 10, 2021 | Press ReleaseThe Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship will look at improving the support, access, and sustainability o …

Preserving the Legacy of an American Opera Icon
November 11, 2021 | Jessica GrimmerMLIS student shares her experience at the Library of Congress processing the materials of the late opera singer, Jessye Norman.

Precious Abujana (left) and Andrea N Gutmann Fuentes (right)
iSchool Students Precious Abujana and Andrea Gutmann Fuentes awarded 2021 ALA Spectrum Scholarships
October 14, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreAbujana and Fuentes are among the American Library Association’s 60 Spectrum Scholarship award recipients for 2021.

Spooktacular Field Study: Adding Congressional Cemetery Graves to Google Arts and Culture
October 8, 2021 | Rosie GrantiSchool MLIS student, Rosie Grant, shares her internship experience as a digital archivist for one of DC’s oldest cemeteries.

Banned Books Week 2021 – ALA’s Most Challenged Books List for 2020 Revealed
September 29, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreThe Hate U Give, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian among the American Library A …

Fall 2021 Welcome from iSchool Dean Keith Marzullo
August 31, 2021 | Keith MarzulloWishing students, staff, and faculty a wonderful and safe Fall semester.

Alumni Spotlight: Alumnus Turns a New Page After 40-Year Career in Librarianship and History – William Peniston ‘87
June 15, 2021 | iSchool NewsWilliam Peniston, MLS ’87, proclaims himself an “old-fashioned librarian,” trained in the management of rare books, special colle …