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Preservation Maryland’s Free Online Photography Collection Expands Online
UMD iSchool graduate student Connor Mullane assisted in digitizing and processing images.

UMD iSchool Excellence Award Winners 2019-2020 Announced
Recipients of the college's awards recognizing excellence in student leadership, teaching, and staff support are announced.

Alumni Spotlight: Re-Envisioning the Role of Libraries in Teaching and Learning – Jean Donham, MLS ‘72
At the start of her professional career, Dr. Jean Donham taught at a middle school in the small town of Ames, Iowa.

ACM Interactions Magazine: Reading Recommendations from Priya Kumar
Priya Kumar, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies (UMD iSchool) shares her favorite reads in th …

Dr. Paul Shelden
Dr. Paul Shelden, musician, educator, and UMD iSchool alumnus, passed April 17, 2020
A lifetime of bringing the joy of music to more than a quarter million NYC public school children.

Jen Golbeck TEDx Talk: Society One Algorithm at a Time
Dr. Jen Golbeck's TEDxYouth talk, Transforming Society One Algorithm at a Time, discusses how the already pervasive collecti …

Alumni Spotlight: Keys to Succeeding in the Forensic Investigation Field – Pranali Shetty, MIM ‘15
Forensic investigation is a challenging field where information plays a key role, from cyber threat investigations to extracting eviden …

Student Spotlight: Alisha Pradhan, PhD Student
Alisha Pradhan’s interest in accessibility and aging research had sparked after pursuing the HCIM program at the UMD iSchool as well …

Faculty Spotlight: Trevor Owens, Adjunct Lecturer
Trevor Owens has devoted much of his career to advancing digital infrastructure and programs for libraries and archives.