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UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members

August 26, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle

With strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …

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UMD iSchool, a Hub of Revolutionary Digital Curation Research and Technology Development

August 25, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore

Exploring the UMD iSchool's history of being integral to the advancement of digital curation.

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UMD iSchool MLS Alumna Partners with iConsultancy to Provide Experiential Learning Opportunities in Digital Curation and Web Design

August 7, 2020 | iSchool News

At Historic Takoma, Marilyn Abbott exceeded the call of duty by connecting iSchool students with the organization to revamp their websi …

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Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, Serial Set vol. 1442. Photo by Geraldine Dávila González.

Meet MLIS student, Bailey DeSimone

August 5, 2020 | iSchool News

Bailey's research will focus on the intersection of diversity and legal informatics. 

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Smithsonian Magazine: Help Transcribe Field Notes Penned by S. Ann Dunham, a Pioneering Anthropologist and Barack Obama’s Mother, featuring Diana Marsh

July 20, 2020 | Courtney Sexton

Diana Marsh led a project to digitize the field notebooks of S. Ann Dunham, economic anthropologist and mother of Barack Obama---and to …

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Student Archivists at Maryland – Call for New Student Members!

June 12, 2020 | Karina Kletscher, UMD iSchool MLIS Student

This is a momentous year for SAM as we are turning 25!

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Building Community Through Coursework

June 11, 2020 | Eric Hing-Tao Hung Mea Lee, K. Sarah Ostrach

Community engagement has become an increasingly important component of libraries and archives professions.

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MLIS Students Get Hands-on Experience Digitizing Documents

June 4, 2020 | Morgan Adle

MLIS students specializing in Archives and Digital Curation seek hands-on experience digitizing historic material.

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Preservation Maryland’s Free Online Photography Collection Expands Online

April 29, 2020 | iSchoolNews

UMD iSchool graduate student Connor Mullane assisted in digitizing and processing images.