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UMD INFO Faculty and Students Lead Presentations at the 2024 ALA LibLearnX Conference

INFO Staff - January 18, 2024

Library practitioners, leaders, and researchers from around the country will gather at this annual event

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New Tool Can Help Audit Pretrial Detainment Decisions in Maryland, UMD Study Shows (ft. Zubin Jelveh)

UMD BSOS Staff - January 10, 2024

UMD BSOS + INFO faculty are determining how to make criminal justice more "just"

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(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: Experts Discuss Zines as a Form of Advocacy, Self Expression

INFO Staff - January 9, 2024

Cultural heritage practitioners, educators and creators discuss zine creation and preservation

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(Video) SoDa Seed Grant Series: Newspapers and the Lynching Story: Discoveries, Distortions, and Erasure, 1789-1963

INFO Staff - January 9, 2024

Associate professor with UMD’s journalism college discusses research about lynching and news coverage

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Units Across UMD Partner on Multidisciplinary Initiatives for AI Ethics, Accessible Technology, and Literacy

Olivia Borgula & INFO Staff - December 7, 2023

Funded by UMD Grand Challenge Grants, INFO is playing an integral role in these initiatives

University Libraries: New StoryMap Exhibit dives into UMD Restorative Justice (ft. Diana Marsh)

University Libraries - November 16, 2023

Morrill Reckoning: Acknowledging Indigenous Lands that Funded the University of Maryland has been added to UMD Libraries StoryMap coll …

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Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Informs Public Policy on Technology Accessibility for People with Disabilities

INFO Staff - October 24, 2023

Jonathan Lazar provided testimony about digital accessibility to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and MIDA provided comments …

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UMD Empowering More Maryland Residents to Become Digitally Connected

Holly Leber Simmons & INFO Staff - October 12, 2023

The $6M UMD Extension & INFO initiative focuses on expanding broadband access coupled with digital literacy training