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Serving the state's flagship, land-grant institution, the University Libraries are your libraries. Our faculty and staff are here to help you access and advance the full range of human knowledge and explore your very own fearless ideas to address today's grand challenges.

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News & Events

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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.
Celina McDonald headshot with the GODORT logo.
UMD Government Information Librarian Celina McDonald awarded 2024 Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award
McDonald was recognized for significant contributions to the field of government documents librarianship.
Provost's Do Good Innovator Awards with headshots of Brynne Norton, Emily Deinert, and Rachel Gammons
Three UMD librarians among inaugural cohort of Provost’s Do Good Innovator Awardees
Emily Deinert, Rachel Gammons, and Brynne Norton recognized for passionate, purpose-drive work with social impact
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Celebrate the Leap from Black History Month to Women’s History Month with these 29 Books by Black Women Authors
Meet UMD Libraries at the crossroads of Black History Month and Women’s History Month with these titles curated to mark the Leap Year.
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UMD Libraries announces go-live date for migration to new library search platform
New system to go live May 23, 2024
Speakers at The 1856 Project Research Update
The 1856 Project releases inaugural research report
Librarians and archivists contributed to report documenting UMD’s ties to enslaved families and Underground Railroad
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