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Student employees at the Library Services Desk.

April 11, 2024

UMD Libraries Announces Generous Gift Establishing the Library Student Workforce Endowed Operating Fund

UMD Alumna, Sonya Shooshan, MLS ‘95 has committed $50,000 to provide support for employing, training, and mentoring Libraries’ student assistants

April 08, 2024

UMD Libraries invites users to preview new search platform

Test out the Libraries' new search experience now through April 26 and share your feedback

March 26, 2024

Ann Corrick papers featured in new digital history project from UMD Libraries’ Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture

Group photo of Team OARS with Libraries' representatives.

March 12, 2024

Student Research Team Studying Unmanned Maritime Search and Rescue Operations wins UMD Libraries’ 2024 Gemstone Research Award

Student research teams presented their research to a panel of faculty judges on Monday in McKeldin Library.

Apr 16 — 9:00AM

AR Sandbox: April Topography Competition

Apr 16 — 12:00PM

Common Quandaries: Public Speaking Crash Course

Apr 16 — 1:00PM

Introduction to SAS

Featured Collections

PowerPoint

PowerPoint was the first and only live program to focus attention on issues and information of concern to African American listeners using the popular interactive, call-in format. The show, based in Atlanta, aired weekly on Sunday evenings and was on the air for seven years.

PowerPoint

Student Activism

The University Archives collect and care for numerous collections that reflect the efforts of UMD students to challenge and change the status quo. A new gallery exhibition, Rising Up: 100 Years of Student Activism For Justice and Civil Rights at the University of Maryland, shares this history with you.

Student Activism Collections

Off Our Backs

Recently explored by a group of students who created their own podcast about “forgotten feminists”, Off Our Backs is a feminist news journal that pushed boundaries and shared resources for decades.

Student Podcast