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A UMD library researcher helped create the first update to nationwide guidelines on jail and prison libraries in 32 years; they add new guidance on accessibility, among other measures designed to maximize the facilities' benefit to incarcerated people. Illustration by Valerie Morgan.
Maryland Today: UMD Researcher Writes a New Chapter for Prison Libraries (ft. Victoria Van Hyning)
October 3, 2024 | Sala Levin | Maryland Today Staff | UMDExpert Contributes to First Update in American Library Association Standards Since 1992
MLIS Students Amy Guerrero and Elizabeth Tibebu Awarded ALA Spectrum Scholarship
September 5, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonThe esteemed scholarship program provides financial and professional opportunities to high-achieving students
The Indigenous Archival Training program team receives SAA Archival Innovator Award 2024
News Release: Archival Innovator Award is Presented to Team Including INFO Faculty
August 6, 2024 | SAA StaffA program aimed at centering Indigenous stewardship practices in archives receives award from the Society of American Archivists
Knowledge graph for Southside owners harmed by urban renewal, by Nick de Raet
UMD Students Studying Archival Technology & AI Make Real-World Impact
July 15, 2024 | Mia K. Hinckle19 UMD students participating in AICollaboratory summer courses aid Asheville Reparations Commission
“It’s My Turn”: From School Teacher to Director of Education at the National Cryptologic Museum
July 2, 2024 | Maia JohnstonA profile of MLIS alum Jennifer Robertson
Ariel Segal (at center) and colleagues from around the world, including head of the Library of Congress Collections Digitization Division Tom Rieger (at right), at the Society for Imaging Science and Technology Archiving 2024 Conference at the National Archives celebrate after Segal's Hebrew Manuscripts presentation
Library of Congress Digitizes Rare Hebrew Manuscripts, Opening Centuries of Jewish History to the World
May 7, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonMLS alumnus Ariel Segal worked on the years-long project
Press Release: UMD INFO’s Allison Jennings-Roche Named 2024 LJ Mover & Shaker
May 1, 2024 | Library JournalLJ’s Class of 2024 Movers & Shakers highlights 50 individuals helping move library work forward
(Video) CAFe Presents: Imagining Decolonial Archival Futures
May 1, 2024 | Maia JohnstonFeaturing historian and archivist Krista McCracken and research analyst Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey
Data, Death, and What Comes Next
April 30, 2024 | Katie ShiltonA scholar outlines how to respect the digital traces the dead leave behind