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Waleed Akram, InfoSci '22
Alumni Profile: The Innovator Bridging Cultures and Solving Problems
A profile of InfoSci alum Waleed Akram
Hornbake Library, a University library in College Park, Maryland
Alumni Profile: From Trailblazing Librarian to Acclaimed Author: A Journey of Cultural Bridges and Academic Excellence
A profile of Ben Igwe, INFO’s first Black PhD graduate
This 1900 image of the Carlisle Indian School football team includes one of Assistant Professor Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner's ancestors. She said this and the photo of her great-great-great grandmother Joaquina Nahwilet (image at bottom) is a rare example of good photo metadata; improving the tools in archival research is a primary goal of the new Indigenous archives project she's co-leading. Photo by John N. Choate/Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Maryland Today: UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives
Project co-led by INFO and ARHU will develop tools, standards, and reparative practices to restore indigenous histories
InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov
Alumni Profile: A Budding Career in Protecting the Nation Against Cyber Threats
A profile of InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov
American Libraries Magazine: Serving New Neighbors (by Ana Ndumu)
Resources for embracing immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers
Boxes of documents fill a room of the National Archives in College Park. A UMD researcher and colleagues plan to use AI to begin getting a handle on billions of undigitized documents so retrieval is easier. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
Maryland Today: The National Archives Has Over 10B Undigitized Pages (ft. Doug Oard, Diana Marsh, and Katrina Fenlon)
These UMD experts are working to make finding records easier
(Video) CAFe Presents: “From Collections to Connections: Centering Belonging in Archival Futures”
Dr. Trevor Owens discusses how libraries and archives can foster belonging, equity, and sustainability
