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How the Abrupt Disappearance of Digital Archives Impacts Communities
July 27, 2021 | Hayleigh MooreUMD iSchool’s Dr. Katrina Fenlon partners with regional and global organizations through the Sustaining Digital Community Collections …
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Womens’ Right to Vote: Free Exhibits
March 22, 2021 | UMD iSchool StaffFree, virtual women's suffrage exhibits compiled in honor of Women's History Month and the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
New Partnership Aims to Help UMD Further Diversify D.C. Region’s Tech Ecosystem
March 2, 2021 | Press ReleaseTo increase female-identifying and non-binary students graduating with a tech degree at UMD by 12.5% in the next 5 years.
Alumni Spotlight: Alumna Praises iSchool as the Heart of Nation’s Archival World – Ann Abney, MLS ‘16
November 2, 2020 | iSchool NewsAnn currently works as the Special Projects Archivist for the South Carolina Political Collections (SCPC) at the University of South Ca …
UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members
August 26, 2020 | Mia K. HinckleWith strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …
UMD iSchool, a Hub of Revolutionary Digital Curation Research and Technology Development
August 25, 2020 | Hayleigh MooreExploring the UMD iSchool's history of being integral to the advancement of digital curation.
UMD iSchool MLS Alumna Partners with iConsultancy to Provide Experiential Learning Opportunities in Digital Curation and Web Design
August 7, 2020 | iSchool NewsAt Historic Takoma, Marilyn Abbott exceeded the call of duty by connecting iSchool students with the organization to revamp their websi …
Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, Serial Set vol. 1442. Photo by Geraldine Dávila González.
Meet MLIS student, Bailey DeSimone
August 5, 2020 | iSchool NewsBailey's research will focus on the intersection of diversity and legal informatics.
Smithsonian Magazine: Help Transcribe Field Notes Penned by S. Ann Dunham, a Pioneering Anthropologist and Barack Obama’s Mother, featuring Diana Marsh
July 20, 2020 | Courtney SextonDiana Marsh led a project to digitize the field notebooks of S. Ann Dunham, economic anthropologist and mother of Barack Obama---and to …