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Hulton Archives (iStock)

UMD INFO Faculty to Make Archival Materials More Accessible via Web Search

Olivia Borgula & INFO Staff - January 23, 2024

Diana Marsh and Katrina Fenlon are leading this NSF funded project

From left, Drs. Amanda Lazar, J. Bern Jordan, and Hernisa Kacorri. Photo by Craig Taylor.

From left, Drs. Amanda Lazar, J. Bern Jordan, and Hernisa Kacorri. Photo by Craig Taylor.

News Release: New R&D Projects to Move the Needle on Making Mainstream Tech Accessible for People Living with Disabilities

INFO Staff - January 23, 2024

Led by Drs. J. Bern Jordan, Hernisa Kacorri, and Amanda Lazar at the UMD INFO College in partnership with Raising the Floor-US

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Image courtesy of ALA LibLearnX

UMD INFO Faculty and Students Lead Presentations at the 2024 ALA LibLearnX Conference

INFO Staff - January 18, 2024

Library practitioners, leaders, and researchers from around the country will gather at this annual event

Photo of a gavel

New Tool Can Help Audit Pretrial Detainment Decisions in Maryland, UMD Study Shows (ft. Zubin Jelveh)

UMD BSOS Staff - January 10, 2024

UMD BSOS + INFO faculty are determining how to make criminal justice more "just"

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(Video) SoDa Seed Grant Series: Newspapers and the Lynching Story: Discoveries, Distortions, and Erasure, 1789-1963

INFO Staff - January 9, 2024

Associate professor with UMD’s journalism college discusses research about lynching and news coverage

Collage of photos showcasing the disability community and technology with "MIDA Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility" written on top.

A New Way to Make Digital Technology Accessible to All

UMD EDUC Staff - December 20, 2023

A Q&A on the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA), ft. Gulnoza Yakubova (EDUC)