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CAFe members and volunteers at the 2023 Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon (Photo Credit: Sarah Grun)
UMD Center for Archival Futures (CAFe) is Shaping Archives and Preservation
October 10, 2023 | INFO StaffCAFe aims to create access to cultural memory at previously unprecedented scales

(Video) Search Mastery: Maps, Models, and Metrics for Influence in Conflict Zones
October 10, 2023 | INFO StaffFeaturing INFO assistant professor Cody Buntain

MLIS Faculty and Students Partner with Piscataway Leaders to Curate an Inventory of Piscataway Materials
October 9, 2023 | Olivia BorgulaThe INFO College's MLIS Curriculum Uses Hands-on Approach to Train Future Archivists

ARLIS: UMD Researchers Measure Social Media Sharing with Emotions (ft. Susannah Paletz)
October 6, 2023 | UMD ARLIS Staff4,000+ Facebook posts were analyzed to determine the ability of different emotion models to predict post sharing.

Photo collage by Maryland Today staff featuring left to right: David Betancourt, Amber Wendland, Michael Prakhye, Cara Grant, Brent Barbee
Maryland Today: The Cool Day Jobs of UMD’s Adjunct Professors (ft. Michael Prakhye)
October 5, 2023 | Annie Krakower | Maryland Today StaffHow 5 Lecturers Bring Real-World Expertise to the Classroom

(Video) Founders of Popular Crowdsourcing Transcription Software FromThePage Speak at CAFe Speaker Series
September 27, 2023 | INFO StaffSara Brumfield and Ben Brumfield talk about AI’s impact on archives at the recent INFO event

Recent Study Finds People with Dementia Use Changing Information Behaviors when Seeking Health Information
September 19, 2023 | Olivia BorgulaINFO Assistant Professor Amanda Lazar and a team of researchers studied how people with dementia search for health information after di …

UMD Rises in U.S. News’ Rankings of National Universities
September 18, 2023 | Maryland Today StaffMaryland Is No. 19 Among Public Schools, Jumps Nine Spots in Overall Rating

As touchscreens proliferate in daily life, from coffee shops to airports, people who are blind or visually impaired are often unable to access important digital information. UMD researchers have developed a new robot that could help bridge the gap
Photo by iStock; Toucha11y photo courtesy of Jiasheng Li.
Maryland Today: An Ally for Access (ft. Huaishu Peng)
September 15, 2023 | Karen Shih ’09Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users