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(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: “Centering Community and Care in Rapid Response Research”
December 18, 2024 | INFO StaffFeaturing Anna Kijas, Assistant Director of Digital Scholarship, Head of the Lilly Music Library, Tufts University
American Libraries Magazine: Serving New Neighbors (by Ana Ndumu)
November 25, 2024 | Ana NdumuResources for embracing immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers
(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: “Community Archives: Empowering Voices and Preserving Heritage”
November 21, 2024 | INFO StaffCorey Lewis discusses the impact of community archives in preserving cultural heritage and empowering underrepresented voices
(Video) CAFe Presents: “Archiving the Crisis: What urgency should archivists feel regarding living archives of state-sponsored violence?”
October 15, 2024 | INFO StaffDoran Larson discusses the American Prison Writing Archive and its role in amplifying incarcerated voices
A UMD library researcher helped create the first update to nationwide guidelines on jail and prison libraries in 32 years; they add new guidance on accessibility, among other measures designed to maximize the facilities' benefit to incarcerated people. Illustration by Valerie Morgan.
Maryland Today: UMD Researcher Writes a New Chapter for Prison Libraries (ft. Victoria Van Hyning)
October 3, 2024 | Sala Levin | Maryland Today Staff | UMDExpert Contributes to First Update in American Library Association Standards Since 1992
Press Release: Best Practices & Collaborative Strategies in Digital Equity: Get Ready for the 2024 Maryland Statewide Digital Equity Summit
September 26, 2024 | Julie Slivka | University of Maryland ExtensionExperts will gather at the 2024 Maryland Digital Equity Summit to share strategies for advancing digital inclusion.
The Indigenous Archival Training program team receives SAA Archival Innovator Award 2024
News Release: Archival Innovator Award is Presented to Team Including INFO Faculty
August 6, 2024 | SAA StaffA program aimed at centering Indigenous stewardship practices in archives receives award from the Society of American Archivists
(Video) CAFe Presents: Imagining Decolonial Archival Futures
May 1, 2024 | Maia JohnstonFeaturing historian and archivist Krista McCracken and research analyst Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey
Data, Death, and What Comes Next
April 30, 2024 | Katie ShiltonA scholar outlines how to respect the digital traces the dead leave behind