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Reimagining Information Access: How INFO Is Centering Immigrant Voices in Tech, Policy & Archives
The Immigration and International Information Research Alliance (i3r) flips traditional scholarship on its head, treating immigrants as …
ALA Lecture Series: “What Comes Next: Libraries, Advocacy, and Public Policy—A Conversation with ALA President-Elect Sam Helmick”
ALA President-Elect Sam Helmick discussed 2025 library challenges and tools for change
Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Central Roles of Public Libraries in Supporting Their Communities’ Needs for Information and Beyond During the 1918 Influenza and COVID-19 Pandemics”
Dr. Beth St. Jean explores how public libraries fight infodemics
Instead of regulators playing catch-up, AI developers could help create safer systems if market-based incentives were put in place, UMD researchers say. Illustration by iStock.
Maryland Today: UMD Research Sends AI Safety to Market (ft. Abdirisak Mohamed)
INFO’s Abdirisak Mohamed joins UMD researchers in designing a market-driven approach to AI safety
This 1900 image of the Carlisle Indian School football team includes one of Assistant Professor Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner's ancestors. She said this and the photo of her great-great-great grandmother Joaquina Nahwilet (image at bottom) is a rare example of good photo metadata; improving the tools in archival research is a primary goal of the new Indigenous archives project she's co-leading. Photo by John N. Choate/Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Maryland Today: UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives
Project co-led by INFO and ARHU will develop tools, standards, and reparative practices to restore indigenous histories
(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: “Centering Community and Care in Rapid Response Research”
Featuring Anna Kijas, Assistant Director of Digital Scholarship, Head of the Lilly Music Library, Tufts University
Maryland Today: AIM Seed Award Program to Support AI-Related Research and Course Development
$1.3M Available for Interdisciplinary Work Focused on Responsible, Ethical AI Development
(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: “Community Archives: Empowering Voices and Preserving Heritage”
Corey Lewis discusses the impact of community archives in preserving cultural heritage and empowering underrepresented voices
Rie Kamikubo, PhD Student working with Hernisa Kacorri at the UMD College of Information, Presenting at ASSETS 2024 Conference
UMD MIDA Researchers Play Major Role at ASSETS Conference
University of Maryland faculty and students provide leadership and research insights at international technology accessibility research …