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The Baltimore Sun: Harford County Library CEO Named New Chairwoman of Maryland Humanities Board
As chair of the board, University of Maryland iSchool MLS alumna Mary Hastler will continue Maryland Humanities' racial equity work. …

Faculty Spotlight: Adjunct Lecturer, Nancy Roderer
An "iSchool hanger-on," Nancy began a long association with the school as a student and has returned sporadically over the years to te …

Alumni Spotlight: Alumna Praises iSchool as the Heart of Nation’s Archival World – Ann Abney, MLS ‘16
Ann currently works as the Special Projects Archivist for the South Carolina Political Collections (SCPC) at the University of South Ca …

Alumni Spotlight: UMD iSchool Alum and Archivist Helps to Write the “Final Drafts of History” – Tyler Stump, HiLS 2015
Tyler was especially drawn to the HiLS program after learning about the professional experiences offered in tandem with his academics a …

Alumni Spotlight: iSchool Lays the Foundation for Alumna’s Career in Academic Librarianship – Joyce Garczynski MLS ‘09
The foundation for Joyce Garczynski’s, MLS ’09, career in librarianship was built from her experience in the Master of Library Scie …

MLIS Student Working to Connect Library Services to Children
MLIS student Angela Pfeiffer discusses her responsibilities as a Children's Library Associate II and how her role has changed during …

UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members
With strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …