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A manuscript from the Reclaiming Heritage digital collection with text that reads: Reclaiming Heritage Digitizing Nipmuc Histories from Colonial Documents

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Digitized 17-18th Century Documents Shed Light on Nipmuc History

iSchool News - October 20, 2021

iSchool PhD student Lydia Curliss co-curated new online exhibit on the relationship between the indigenous Nipmuc communities and settl …

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Precious Abujana (left) and Andrea N Gutmann Fuentes (right)

iSchool Students Precious Abujana and Andrea Gutmann Fuentes awarded 2021 ALA Spectrum Scholarships

Hayleigh Moore - October 14, 2021

Abujana and Fuentes are among the American Library Association’s 60 Spectrum Scholarship award recipients for 2021.

Citizen Panel: What Values Should Regulate Social Media?

iSchool News - October 13, 2021

iSchool PhD student Anna Lenhart & EViD Lab host citizen panel on what values should impact legislation on content moderation of so …

Dr. Jonathan Lazar giving a presentation with a slide that reads: "What do we mean by digital accessibility?

Dr. Jonathan Lazar Delivering a Lecture on Digital Accessibility

Jonathan Lazar Named Director of the Trace R&D Center

Liz Zogby - October 11, 2021

After 50 years, Trace Founder and Director Gregg Vanderheiden passes the gavel to a new director to carry the Trace legacy of accessibi …

Spooktacular Field Study: Adding Congressional Cemetery Graves to Google Arts and Culture

Rosie Grant - October 8, 2021

iSchool MLIS student, Rosie Grant, shares her internship experience as a digital archivist for one of DC’s oldest cemeteries.

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PhD Alumni Spotlight: Examining the "Datafication" of Family Life – Priya Kumar, PhD ‘21

Hayleigh Moore - September 29, 2021

From interests in public policy and journalism, to a fascination for social media’s influence on entire industries, Priya Kumar “fe …

Banned Books Week 2021 – ALA’s Most Challenged Books List for 2020 Revealed

Hayleigh Moore - September 29, 2021

The Hate U Give, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian among the American Library A …

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The Diamondback: UMD works to revamp privacy policy (feat. Jessica Vitak)

Ryan White - September 24, 2021

The new proposal for a revamped privacy policy is set for a vote in the University Senate in December.

PhD Alumni Spotlight: To Build or Not to Build? – Myeong Lee, PhD ‘19

Hayleigh Moore - September 15, 2021

While planning his Master’s degree thesis, Myeong Lee was offered a simple question - "Do you want to build something or understand s …