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The Baltimore Sun: Harford County Library CEO Named New Chairwoman of Maryland Humanities Board

November 13, 2020 | iSchool News

As chair of the board, University of Maryland iSchool MLS alumna Mary Hastler will continue Maryland Humanities' racial equity work. …

Faculty Spotlight: Adjunct Lecturer, Nancy Roderer

November 10, 2020 | iSchool News

An "iSchool hanger-on," Nancy began a long association with the school as a student and has returned sporadically over the years to te …

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Reimagining How Libraries Can Serve Youth During COVID-19

September 17, 2020 | iSchool News

Dr. Mega Subramaniam's project involves helping libraries adapt to support youth and their families with the transition to online learn …

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School Library Journal: The Right and Wrong Way To Make Decisions in a Crisis | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam

September 4, 2020 | iSchool News

As a part of her crowdsourcing project to reimagine libraries, Mega Subramaniam published her fourth SLJ article, discussing how deci …

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MLIS Student Working to Connect Library Services to Children

August 28, 2020 | iSchool News

MLIS student Angela Pfeiffer discusses her responsibilities as a Children's Library Associate II and how her role has changed during …

BSIS Student Builds Database for the Library of Congress

BSIS Student Builds Database for the Library of Congress

August 27, 2020 | iSchool News

As a summer intern at the Library of Congress, Sarah Patrick transformed a print resource into an interactive digital experience.

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UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members

August 26, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle

With strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …

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UMD iSchool, a Hub of Revolutionary Digital Curation Research and Technology Development

August 25, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore

Exploring the UMD iSchool's history of being integral to the advancement of digital curation.