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A Beacon Behind Bars: Updated Standards Designed to Increase Accessibility of Carceral Libraries
INFO Assistant Professor Victoria Van Hyning was instrumental in writing the Standards for Library Services for the Incarcerated or Det …

(Video) SoDa Symposium Seed Grant Series: “Do County Demographics Shape Exposure to Cyber Harm?”
Panelists discuss cybersecurity, cyber harm, federal funding programs, and more

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News Release: UMD Launches Step-by-Step Guides for Maryland Residents to Navigate Online Government Services
From getting a driver’s license to filing taxes to applying for SNAP food benefits

(Video) CAFe Presents: Imagining Decolonial Archival Futures
Featuring historian and archivist Krista McCracken and research analyst Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey

Data, Death, and What Comes Next
A scholar outlines how to respect the digital traces the dead leave behind

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UMD INFO College Faculty Awarded for Research Excellence
14 INFO faculty members are to be honored at the 2024 UMD Research Excellence Celebration

How to Make Critical Decision-Making Systems Fairer and Build Trust in AI
Researchers from UMD and GW are creating a new measure to make AI systems involved in parole decisions and loan approvals fairer