USMAI Library Consortium
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A consortium of 17 academic libraries in Maryland. We support the success of students, faculty, and staff at college and university libraries in Maryland by improving equitable access to library resources, products and services. #USMAILibs www.usmai.org.
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The inaugural issue of USMAI Quarterly is now available! Check it out on our website. usmai.org/portal/x/JYD...
The inaugural issue of USMAI Quarterly is now available! Check it out on our website. usmai.org/portal/x/JYD...
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The inaugural issue of USMAI Quarterly is now available! Check it out on our website. usmai.org/portal/x/JYD...
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We're not crying! You're crying! We just love this story from 2 TU Mass Communication students 💛 wpstudents.towson.edu/tgoonan1/202...
Towson University Student Finds Her Favorite Spot on Campus at Albert S. Cook Library – Trisha's Journalism Portfolio
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November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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UMD Libraries Kate Dohe has a great blog on the Scholarly Kitchen about bot flash mobs🤖🤖🤖🤖🙂🤖🤖 -- “Have You Proved You’re Human Today?” Open Content and Web Harvesting in the AI Era
Guest Post — “Have You Proved You’re Human Today?” Open Content and Web Harvesting in the AI Era scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/07/g...
Guest Post - “Have You Proved You’re Human Today?” Open Content and Web Harvesting in the AI Era - The Scholarly Kitchen
AI web harvesting bots are different from traditional web crawlers and violate many of the established rules and practices in place. Their rapidly expanding use is emerging as a significant IT managem...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
UMD Libraries Kate Dohe has a great blog on the Scholarly Kitchen about bot flash mobs🤖🤖🤖🤖🙂🤖🤖 -- “Have You Proved You’re Human Today?” Open Content and Web Harvesting in the AI Era
UMB HSHSL Welcomes Dennis Nangle as Assistant Dean for Resource Development and Access www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/hslupdates/?...
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
UMB HSHSL Welcomes Dennis Nangle as Assistant Dean for Resource Development and Access www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/hslupdates/?...
The University of Maryland Libraries are Certified Sustainable! Congratulations, UMD Libraries! 🎉https://www.lib.umd.edu/about/news/2025-10/university-maryland-libraries-are-certified-sustainable
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The University of Maryland Libraries are Certified Sustainable! Congratulations, UMD Libraries! 🎉https://www.lib.umd.edu/about/news/2025-10/university-maryland-libraries-are-certified-sustainable
Our app developer Erik Jones has been making the rounds letting folks know about his Super Shelf Inventory App for Alma! Here is a recent presentation for the Community College League of California. #alma #libtech www.3cmediasolutions.org/privid/47309...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our app developer Erik Jones has been making the rounds letting folks know about his Super Shelf Inventory App for Alma! Here is a recent presentation for the Community College League of California. #alma #libtech www.3cmediasolutions.org/privid/47309...
Congratulations, Laura!
Laura Schnitker, curator of UMD Libraries' Mass Media & Culture archives, received the 2024 Top Article of the Year award from the Journal of Radio and Audio Media for her article "Declarations and Independents: How Chicago DJ Al Benson Brought Black Cultural Production to 1940s Commercial Radio."
September 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Congratulations, Laura!
What's USMAI been up to, you ask... Find out in the first of a new series of quarterly updates from our executive director! usmai.org/portal/x/mAD...
August 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What's USMAI been up to, you ask... Find out in the first of a new series of quarterly updates from our executive director! usmai.org/portal/x/mAD...
Exciting news! Read the press release for all the details.
The Maryland Library Association is teaming up with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative to help cultivate library leadership for community resilience.
Check out the full press release here: members.mdlib.org/news/Details...
Check out the full press release here: members.mdlib.org/news/Details...
July 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Exciting news! Read the press release for all the details.
Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Draft Revision Review
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Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Draft Revision Review
The ACRL Value of Academic Libraries (VAL) Committee invites your feedback on a proposed draft revision of the ACRL ”Standards for Libraries in Higher Education" (PDF). VAL is following ACRL procedure...
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June 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Draft Revision Review
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LibTech Insights and Clarivate announce AI Literacy Micro-course for Academic Librarians librarytechnology.org/pr/31467
LibTech Insights and Clarivate announce AI Literacy Micro-course for Academic Librarians
Press Release: LibTech Insights and Clarivate announce AI Literacy Micro-course for Academic Librarians. Choice announced a free eight-week, newsletter-based course supported by Clarivate and develop...
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June 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
LibTech Insights and Clarivate announce AI Literacy Micro-course for Academic Librarians librarytechnology.org/pr/31467
Did you catch us at ELUNA? USMAI was well-represented at the conference with three presenters who knocked it out of the park. Go team!
June 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Did you catch us at ELUNA? USMAI was well-represented at the conference with three presenters who knocked it out of the park. Go team!
Trump Overstepped His Authority By Dismantling the IMLS; Can Be Sued by Comptroller General bookriot.com/government-a...
Trump Overstepped His Authority By Dismantling the IMLS; Can Be Sued by Comptroller General
The Government Accountability Office finds Trump in violation of law for cutting obligatory Institute for Museum and Library Services funds.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump Overstepped His Authority By Dismantling the IMLS; Can Be Sued by Comptroller General bookriot.com/government-a...
"A federal judge has blocked implementation of [Trump's order that all agencies reshape their organizations] at nearly two-dozen agencies, but NARA is not one of them." www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Trump administration resumes layoffs, targeting National Archives staff
Employees warn of impacts at presidential libraries and on records retrieval.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"A federal judge has blocked implementation of [Trump's order that all agencies reshape their organizations] at nearly two-dozen agencies, but NARA is not one of them." www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
The 2026 proposed federal budget brings IMLS funding down from $313 million in FY25 to $6 million in FY26. Acting director Keith Sonderling's statements indicate the administration will use IMLS to promote "whitewashed American propaganda." bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
The 2026 Federal Budget Proposal Shutters The Institute for Museum and Library Services
The details of the 2026 federal budget proposal spell out the goal of shutting down the Institute for Museum and Library services.
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June 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The 2026 proposed federal budget brings IMLS funding down from $313 million in FY25 to $6 million in FY26. Acting director Keith Sonderling's statements indicate the administration will use IMLS to promote "whitewashed American propaganda." bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
USMAI is a member of NISO. Staff at member libraries are welcome to attend NISO's Annual Member Meeting!
**TOMORROW June 17** Join us at 12:00 –1:00 pm for our 2025 NISO Annual Members meeting! You'll catch the latest on what's happening with #standards development & future initiatives, including recent.workshops on #AI in publishing. All (including nonmembers) are welcome! niso.org/events/niso-...
June 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
USMAI is a member of NISO. Staff at member libraries are welcome to attend NISO's Annual Member Meeting!
USMAI staff are heading to Atlanta next week for Ex Libris Knowledge Days and the ELUNA Conference! 🛫 Be sure to catch their presentations if you're there! elunaconf2025.dryfta.com/index.php
Ex Libris Knowledge Days and ELUNA Conference 2025
Register now! Early bird registration discounts extended through 4/29!Please plan to join us for one or more of the ELUN
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June 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
USMAI staff are heading to Atlanta next week for Ex Libris Knowledge Days and the ELUNA Conference! 🛫 Be sure to catch their presentations if you're there! elunaconf2025.dryfta.com/index.php
Scholarship applications are due June 25! atechcon.org
Two days packed with insightful sessions will leave you energized and inspired.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Scholarship applications are due June 25! atechcon.org
How cool is this? (Very, the answer is very.)📖🤓
Did you know Hornbake Library has it's very own Letterpress Studio? Read all about here! 📖😄 #umd #letterpress #printmaking #umdlibraries
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Printing at SCUA’s New Hornbake Library Letterpress Studio!
by Divya Vashisht At the end of April, the Hornbake Library Letterpress Printing Studio opened its doors to Students Archivists at Maryland (SAM) and students from UMD INFO College to set type, ink…
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June 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How cool is this? (Very, the answer is very.)📖🤓
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Staff back at the office may have been a little jealous.
USMAI's Executive Director and Head of Consortial Library Systems & Operations recently attended a regional International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) meeting in Chicago.
May you be as relaxed this weekend as these two were on their river cruise! #tgif
May you be as relaxed this weekend as these two were on their river cruise! #tgif
May 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Staff back at the office may have been a little jealous.
USMAI's Executive Director and Head of Consortial Library Systems & Operations recently attended a regional International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) meeting in Chicago.
May you be as relaxed this weekend as these two were on their river cruise! #tgif
May you be as relaxed this weekend as these two were on their river cruise! #tgif
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
USMAI's Executive Director and Head of Consortial Library Systems & Operations recently attended a regional International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) meeting in Chicago.
May you be as relaxed this weekend as these two were on their river cruise! #tgif
May you be as relaxed this weekend as these two were on their river cruise! #tgif
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100 years of Salisbury spring commencements, 100 years of graduates making history. From the 1920s Holloway Lawn ceremony to the first commencement held in Sea Gull Stadium, graduation remains a celebration of hard work, dedication, and academic accomplishment.
May 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
100 years of Salisbury spring commencements, 100 years of graduates making history. From the 1920s Holloway Lawn ceremony to the first commencement held in Sea Gull Stadium, graduation remains a celebration of hard work, dedication, and academic accomplishment.
Our members are so clever! These cats aren't only adorable. They provide mental health benefits & teach students about notable black librarians! Each comes with a carry case that has info about their librarian namesakes. Win, win, win! @cooklibraryoftu.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DJZP_NR...
May 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Our members are so clever! These cats aren't only adorable. They provide mental health benefits & teach students about notable black librarians! Each comes with a carry case that has info about their librarian namesakes. Win, win, win! @cooklibraryoftu.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DJZP_NR...
Congratulations, Mallory Wareham (Loyola Notre Dame Library)!🎉https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/mallory-wareham-movers-shakers-2025-community-builders
Mallory Wareham | Movers & Shakers 2025—Community Builders
While viewed as the academic backbone of the two universities it serves, the Loyola Notre Dame Library “struggled like so many other libraries to bring patrons back into the building following the pan...
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May 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations, Mallory Wareham (Loyola Notre Dame Library)!🎉https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/mallory-wareham-movers-shakers-2025-community-builders