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October 28, 2024

Take Pride in Queer Lit with these books by LGBTQ+ authors available through UMD Libraries

Every October, the university celebrates Pride and LGBTQ+ History Month, with this year’s theme, “Queering Creation Brick by Brick.” UMD Libraries is committed to protecting and increasing representation of Queer Literature in our collections — in the 2022-2023 alone we spent $3,000+ to purchase over 170 Transgender and Bisexual Fiction and Poetry LAMBDA award winning books, and this category has been added to our automatic purchasing plan.

September 30, 2024

UMD Libraries’ Celebrates LatinX Heritage Month with 11 books by LatinX authors

To help you celebrate LatinX Heritage Month this year, we’ve put together a list of 11 books by LatinX authors available to borrow through UMD Libraries.

September 10, 2024

UMD Libraries’ User Services and Resource Sharing Director Hilary Thompson awarded 2024 Distinguished Achievement in Access Services Award

Hilary Thompson, UMD Libraries’ Director of User Services and Resource Sharing, has been awarded the 2024 Distinguished Achievement in Access Services Award by the Access Services Conference. Thompson has been an integral part of UMD Libraries’ access services since she first joined the Libraries as the Access Services Librarian in 2012.

July 17, 2024

Announcing 2024 issue of UMD Libraries’ Illumination Magazine

The University of Maryland Libraries is pleased to share the latest issue of our annual Illumination magazine. Read about how UMD Libraries is navigating the ever changing scope of libraries while remaining steadfast to the core mission—to organize and preserve knowledge, enhance equitable access to information and services, and serve as a resource to our communities’ intellectual and cultural needs.

June 4, 2024

Associate Dean of Collections Daniel Mack Appointed Interim Dean of Libraries

Associate Dean of Libraries for Collection Strategies and Services, Daniel Mack, will serve as interim Dean of Libraries starting July 1, 2024. Appointed by Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice, Mack will assume the role upon the retirement of Dr. Adriene Lim on June 30, 2024.

May 23, 2024

Meet UMD Discover: UMD Libraries’ new integrated library management system

UMD Libraries launched a new integrated library management system today, May 23, 2024. UMD, along with all members of the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium, moved to the Alma and Primo systems from Ex Libris®, part of Clarivate, after having been on the shared Aleph system from Ex Libris for over 20 years. The migration process to the new system, branded as UMD Discover, has been ongoing since Spring 2023.

May 1, 2024

UMD Libraries announce the recipients of the 2024 Library Awards for Undergraduate Research and the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Award

The University of Maryland Libraries is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Library Awards for Undergraduate Research.  This year’s Library Award for Undergraduate Research is Mason Yang, class of 2025 majoring in history. Julia Grafstein, class of 2024, also studying history, is the recipient of the Libraries’ Award for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) research.

April 11, 2024

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

The University of Maryland Libraries is grateful for the generous commitment of Sonya E. Shooshan, MLS ’95, to establish the Library Student Workforce Endowed Operating Fund through the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc. With this new commitment of $50,000, the endowed fund will provide operating support to subsidize the cost of employing, training, and mentoring student assistants employed by the University of Maryland Libraries.

April 8, 2024

UMD Libraries invites users to preview new search platform

As previously announced, the University of Maryland Libraries will move to a new library search platform on May 23, 2024.

March 26, 2024

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

The University of Maryland Libraries’ Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture (MMC) is proud to announce the addition of the papers of the late journalist Ann Corrick to its growing collection of material on women in broadcasting. Ann Corrick, whose voice is one of the only female correspondents in the Group W (Westinghouse) tape archives, led a remarkable career in the mid-20th century when women were rarely permitted to participate in the male-dominated fields of broadcasting and journalism.

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