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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 …
Dr. Subramaniam and the students in Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM’s) Master of Information Management (MIP) program
Supporting Library Innovation Abroad: Mega Subramaniam’s Fulbright Journey in Indonesia
Updates from Dr. Mega Subramaniam's Fulbright scholarship advancing library education
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From Evidence to Action: When Research Helps Inform Policy
INFO researchers are informing the regulations and legislation that shape access to technology, education, and public life
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
