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“Beyond These Walls” Award Winners Look Forward to Research and Learning Opportunities at Local and National Conferences

UMD iSchool Shapes Future of how Libraries Serve Communities

Kevin Beverly, MLS, Class of 1981

iSchool Alumnus Kevin Beverly works to help disadvantaged children realize their potential through community outreach, mentoring, and s …

Alice Crites, MLS

Alice Crites, Washington Post researcher, has been a part of a half-dozen Pulitzer teams.

MLS Alumnus, Julius Jefferson, is in the Running for the 2020-2021 ALA Presidency

Tracy Jeffcott, MLS, Class of 2012

Tracy Jeffcott is the recipient of the 2017-18 Maryland School Librarian of the Year award, which honors a school librarian for exempla …

Dr. Diane Ledbetter Barlow, MLS, Class of 1975

Dr. Diane L. Barlow, who passed February 6, 2018, was a monumental figure in the history of the University of Maryland College of Infor …

Melissa Wertheimer, MLIS, Class of 2017

Meet Melissa Wertheimer, Archivist of the Music Library Association and Music Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress.

MLIS Student Maya Reid Named ALA Spectrum Scholar