About Maryland Digital Library
(Last Edited: 9/17/09)
Content
Organization
History
Publicity
Usage
Statistics
Participating Institutions
Contact Information
Maryland Digital Library currently provides access to the following electronic resources (Please note that not all libraries have access to all listed resources.)
Electronic Resource Information
- Fact Sheets, Summaries, and Title Lists from Vendors
ABC-Clio E-Books
AccuNet/AP
Alexander Street Press
Access Science/Britannica/OED Resources
Cengage/Gale
Chronicle of Higher Education
Congrssional Quarterly
Credo/XRefer
Ebsco
Greenwood
Hoover's
Lexis Nexis
Naxos
Newsbank
McGraw Hill
OCLC/FirstSearch
Oxford University Press
Paratext
Proquest/CSA
Taylor & Francis
Westlaw - Database Reviews/Comparisons
- Vendor Day 2007
- Database Licenses
- Database Statistics Instructions
The Resource Renewal Process
- FY10 Trials
- FY10 Renewal Timeline
Minutes
Maryland Digital Library Program Proposal (June, 1999) PDF, 2,382KB
Maryland Digital Library Governance Structure (Revised and approved February 2, 2009) DOC, 38KBManagement Group Members
- Shelia Bailey (University of Maryland Eastern Shore) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
- Bob Baldwin (Allegany College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
- Sue Baughman (Ex officio, MDL Program Manager)
- Alan Bogage (Carroll Community College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
- Pat Cheek (Chesapeake College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
- Jessame Ferguson (McDaniel College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
- Nancy Magnuson (Goucher College)
- Lorraine Martorana (Cecil College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
- John McGinty (Vice-Chair, Loyola/Notre Dame College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
- Celia Rabinowitz (St. Mary's College of Maryland) (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2010)
- Tom Repenning (Ex officio, College of Southern Maryland) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2010)
- Deborah Slingluff (Johns Hopkins University)
- Tom Tynan (Ex officio, Maryland Higher Education Commission)
- Desider Vikor (Ex officio, University of Maryland)
- Richard Werking (U.S. Naval Academy) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
- Larry Wilt (Chair, University of Maryland Baltimore County) (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2010)
Executive Committee
- Sue Baughman (Ex Officio, MDL Program Manager)
- Pat Cheek (Chesapeake College) (January 2009 - December 31, 2010 or expiration of appointment to Management Group)
- John McGinty (Vice-Chair, Loyola/Notre Dame College) (January 2009 - December 31, 2010 or expiration of appointment to Management Group)
- Desider Vikor (Ex Officio, University of Maryland)
- Richard Werking (U.S. Naval Academy) (January 2009 - December 31, 2010 or expiration of appointment to Management Group)
- Larry Wilt (Chair, University of Maryland Baltimore County) (January 2009 - December 31, 2010 or expiration of appointment to Management Group)
Content Working Group Members
- Brenda Braham (Montgomery College)
- Larry Clemens (U.S. Naval Academy)
- Sue Baughman (MDL Program)
- Joanne Helouvry (Loyola/Notre Dame)
- Robin Moskal (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
- Mick O'Leary (Frederick Community College)
- Rick Sample (Capitol College)
- Barbara Snead (Goucher College)
- Cindy Steinhoff (Anne Arundel Community College)
In 1998, the Secretary of Higher Education authorized formation of the Maryland Digital Library Task Force to develop a program for a Maryland Digital Library. This task force, with representatives from all sectors of higher education in Maryland, presented the MDL program to the Maryland Higher Education Commission in May 1999. In December 1999, initial funds of $400,000 were approved by the Maryland IT Board to put MDL into operation. When these funds were received in early June 2000, they were used in combination with $500,000 from the state budget to begin implementation.
On July 5, 2000, the Maryland Digital Library was launched, providing on-campus access to 10 licensed electronic databases for the students, faculty, and staff of 49 colleges and universities, both public and private. These electronic resources, including 400 electronic books and 2945 electronic journals, were accessed through a Web-based gateway called MdUSA (Maryland University and College Statewide Access to Electronic Resources).
In 2004, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation establishing the Maryland Digital Library as a Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) program initiative. The MDL has not received state support since 2002.
In 2005, libraries using the MdUSA gateway were migrated to an EZ proxy gateway for remote access to their MDL electronic resources.
Since July 2000, Maryland college students have conducted over 14.7 million searches and retrieved 16 million full-text articles through the core MDL databases.
Publicity
Maryland Digital Library Powerpoint Presentation Press Release (July 6, 2000)
Brochure (PDF, 58KB)The Baltimore Sun featured MDL in its Education Beat column. The article, "Library bridges a digital divide," which appeared on Feb. 21, 2001, describes the benefits MDL has brought to participating institutions, particularly community colleges.
Maryland Digital Library also received a "thumbs up" from the Cecil Whig (July 14, 2000) for providing students with "a whole new way of learning."
Usage Statistics
MDL users conducted almost 4.3 million searches and retreived 5.6 million full-text documents from July 2004 to July 2005.
Statistics by database (Excel file, 34KB).
Public Universities and Colleges
- Bowie State University
- Center for Environmental Science
- Coppin State University
- Frostburg State University
- Salisbury University
- Towson University
- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Law Library
- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Health Sciences and Human Services Library
- University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library
- University of Baltimore, Law Library
- UMBC
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- University of Maryland University College
- Morgan State University
- Saint Mary's College of Maryland
- United States Naval Academy
Independent Colleges & Universities
- Baltimore International College
- Capitol College
- College of Notre Dame of Maryland
- Columbia Union College
- Goucher College
- Hood College
- The Johns Hopkins University
- Loyola College in Maryland
- Maryland Institute, College of Art
- McDaniel College
- Mount Saint Mary's College & Seminary
- National Labor College
- Sojourner-Douglass College
- St. Mary's Seminary and University
- Tai Sophia Institute
- Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College)
- Washington Bible College and Capital Bible Seminary
- Washington College
- Women's Institute of Torah Seminary/Maalot Baltimore
Community Colleges
- Allegany College of Maryland
- Anne Arundel Community College
- Baltimore City Community College
- Carroll Community College
- Community College of Baltimore County
- Cecil Community College
- College of Southern Maryland
- Chesapeake College
- Frederick Community College
- Garrett College
- Hagerstown Community College
- Harford Community College
- Howard Community College
- Montgomery College
- Wor-Wic Community College
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Sue Baughman
mbaughma@umd.edu
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