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Making "Digital Cruikshank": A Special Collections Collaboration
(2023-04-21)In Fall 2022, students in Lindsay DiCuirci's combined undergraduate and graduate English seminar participated in a semester-long collaboration with UMBC Special Collections. This course was supported by a Hrabowski Innovation ... -
Content and Context in a Single Image: Multi-format analysis of Lewis Hine photographs in Special Collections
(2023-04-21)We will present a lesson plan developed by Special Collections faculty leading archival and visual literacy sessions. During the hands-on exercise, students analyze an original photography print, a digital surrogate, and ... -
#Critlib in the classroom: Investigating information power and privilege in a library one-shot session
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Whose Voice Matters? Cocreating Knowledge Practices with Students in Libraries and Writing Centers
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Managing Electronic Theses and Dissertations in Acquisitions
(Purdue University Press , 2019)In February 2009, the acquisitions librarian for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), proposed that the Acquisitions Unit take responsibility for digital transfer services for digital collections. The ... -
The Baltimore Uprising and the Stunted Transformation of Urban Black Politics
(Routledge, 2022-08-23)Although some scholars and observers rightly hail the 2015 Baltimore Uprising as an act of resistance against systemic oppression, the Uprising was also a moment of interrupted promise. Revolts and rebellions are often ... -
E-Book Perceptions and Use: A Longitudinal FollowUp Study
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022)This article describes the results of a survey that gathered data on perceptions and use of e-books from undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff at two Maryland research universities in 2019. It follows ... -
The Empowered University
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LANGUAGE ALTERNATION AS A RESOURCE IN THE CLASSROOM: A PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE ON KOREAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
(2000-04)This paper reports findings from a study of bilingual language alternation by first grade Korean-American schoolchildren. Growing up as members of the Korean immigrant community in New York City, the children in this study ... -
Late Night Services at the University of Maryland Libraries
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ETDs in Lock-Down: Trends, Analyses and Faculty Perspectives on ETD Embargoes
(2009-06-10)Since September 2006, graduate students at the University of Maryland have had the option of restricting access to their ETD in the university’s digital repository (DRUM) for either a one- or six-year period. Embargo ... -
Looking for Genres on the World Wide Web: Content Analysis of American Author Web Sites
(2009-07-11)This project entails content analysis of 200 websites for authors commonly taught in university-level American literature survey courses. Using a faceted classification scheme to categorize site content, the researchers ... -
Speaking of Books... Connecting with Faculty through a Campus Author Series
(2009-07-12)Academic librarians are continually seeking new and effective ways to work more closely with teaching faculty. Despite our best efforts, there often remains a gap between the two. Since 2006, librarians at the University ... -
E-Book Use and Opinions at UMD
(2015-06-04)Initial report on e-book survey conducted at University of Maryland, fall 2014 -
Microassessments of Public Services Usability: Improving Holds at UMD
(2016-06-25)Results of a survey to assess and improve the effectiveness of patron-placed holds at the University of Maryland Libraries. -
Making Change, Increasing Value: Reorganizing Your Access Services Department
(2016-11-18)In 2015 the department of Resource Sharing & Access Services at the University of Maryland Libraries undertook a major reorganization with the goals of increasing efficiency, staff engagement, and user satisfaction. Seeking ... -
Breaking Down Barriers: Co-Managing and Transforming Public Services
(2018-01-09)Since mid-2012, the division of Public Services at the University of Maryland Libraries has been involved in an ongoing experiment in the way the Libraries’ primary services are led and managed. The speakers, representing ... -
Speaking of Books… Connecting with Faculty through a Campus Author Series
(Southern Librarianship, 2009-03)A faculty author speaker series is an effective way to build bridges between academic librarians and the teaching faculty, as well as raise the profile of the university library. To explore the challenges and rewards of ...
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