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A mural in Asheville, North Carolina, depicts the history of the city's Southside neighborhood and the impact of urban renewal. Students in INFO's Computational Archival Science courses analyze archival records on that history.
INFO Students Learn to Use AI With Records They Know Best
In a new series of Computational Archival Science courses, MLIS students build the skills to work with AI
What Information Science Can Do for Opera History
Two INFO-trained researchers are building new tools to tell the story of opera in D.C.—and the performers and audiences who’ve shap …
2026 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars Jazmyn Gray (left) and Sofia Isabel Peña Wallace (right).
ARL News: Kaleidoscope Program 2026 Scholars Selected
INFO students Jazmyn Gray and Sofia Isabel Peña Wallace join 17 scholars selected for the 2026 Kaleidoscope Program.
Abigail Hardy with a copper knife blade using the Artec LEO handheld scanner. Photo by Quint Gregory.
UMD Team Works with Piscataway Conoy Tribe and Smithsonian to Bring Cultural Artifacts Back to Community
Working with the Piscataway Conoy Tribe, a team from INFO, ARHU, and MAPP is using 3D scanning to create replicas for community teachin …
UMD graduate student Nick Gentry found this early draft of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" in the archives of another civil rights activist, the Rev. John Melville Burgess, at the Virginia Theological Seminary. At left is a photo of the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, cofounder with King of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and his secretary, Willie Pearl Mackey, who typed at least three versions of the letter. (Photo courtesy of Virginia Theological Seminary) Photo via Maryland Today.
MLIS Student Spotlight: Maryland Today: A Watershed Text Resurfaces (ft Nick Gentry ’26)
A remarkable archival discovery by MLIS student Nick Gentry uncovered a rare draft of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic letter
Kelly Hoffman, MLIS '07, Phd '23
Alumni Profile: How a Love of Information Led to Capitol Hill
PhD and MLIS alum Kelly Hoffman found her calling in library science—then spent two decades building toward her dream job
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The Internship That Works Both Ways
The MLIS field study places students at 150+ libraries, archives, and cultural institutions
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Nature News: Why Every Scientist Needs a Librarian (ft. Amelia Gibson)
Dr. Amelia Gibson highlights librarians’ role in supporting scientific research through data management, literature searches, and ope …
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Press Release: EveryCat Health Foundation Thanks University of Maryland for Extraordinary Data Research and Marketing Tools Project Contribution
University of Maryland College of Information students provided comprehensive insights in support of EveryCat Health Foundation’s 202 …