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The Special Collections at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery is very pleased to announce that our Brian V. Jones photographs have been described and the finding aid* is now available online!  

Brian V. Jones is a local documentary style photographer, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1952. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Howard University and a Master’s degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. He has been a professor of photography since the late 1980s and his photographs are in the collections of the National Museum of American Art, the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, Colgate University, and in numerous private collections. Since 1980, he has focused on diverse large scale projects. He currently serves as Professor of Photography and Coordinator of the Media Arts & Technologies Dept. at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD.

This collection consists of 165 gelatin silver prints (black-and-white) and chromogenic color prints by photographer Brian V. Jones and is comprised of three series**: Series I:  Street Scenes; Series II:  African American Churches in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., 1981-1989; and Series III:  Connecticut Avenue Series. The Brian V. Jones photographs have also been added to our Researching African-American Photographers research guide.

Come check out the rest of Brian Jones’s photographs and see a slice of life from the DMV in the 1980's -1990s -- available at Special Collections!

Below is a sampling from this collection:

From Series I we have Crowd at DuPont Circle fountain (Box 1, item P2010-25-019) and Park benches and bird on water fountain (Box 8, item P2010-25-155).

From Series II there is Shiloh Baptist Church (Box 2, item P2010-25-040) and St. Paul’s Community Church (P2010-25-047).

From Series III we have Anchorage (Box 6, item P2010-25-126) and Saw Player (Box7, item P2010-25-140)

There are currently plans underway to digitize the entire collection. Any students interested in interning on this project should contact Special Collections.

* A finding aid is a description of materials that  assists users to gain access to and understand the materials.  They provide context about the collection and consolidate information about the collection, often including administrative history or biographical note of the creator; scope of the collection, including size, subjects, media; organization and arrangement; and a container list with box, folder, and sometimes item listing.

** A series is a mid-level organizational concept used by archivists to organize a collection.  In general, items in archives, and here in Special Collections, are organized by collection, series, box, folder, and finally item. However, this is highly dependent upon the size of a collection; some collections consist of a single box, others span many boxes such as the Brian V. Jones photographs which are housed in 8 boxes (and take up 10.25 linear feet!). Linear feet is a measurement used by archives to estimate the amount of space a collection will take up, the Brian V. Jones photographs use over ten feet of shelf space. To learn more about primary sources and how to use them check out: http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/research/. 

 

PHYS 111, or Basic Physics I, is one of the largest courses at UMBC. It's targeted primarily towards students in health related sciences (i.e.: Biology and Psychology), and it also satisfies requirements for medical and dental schools. Given that this course is so important, there are many support programs on campus to help students succeed!

SI-PASS: Supplemental Instruction at UMBC are Peer Assisted Study Sessions where an SI PASS leader guides students through study sessions. Students review the material with an SI PASS leader who has not only passed the course, but also attends the course with the students in order to make sure the material being reviewed is accurate and current. SI PASS is great for reinforcing and solidifying concepts, and SI PASS leaders also conduct exam reviews before tests. You can find out times for SI PASS on our website.

LRC Math Lab: The Math Lab offers walk in help for students in PHYS 111 every Monday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. This is ideal for students who just have a few questions about a certain concept. It can also be used as a quick prep before a test. The Math Lab is located on the first floor of the Library.

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Meet Niara,

She is a Mathematics major and an independent researcher. Besides conducting research, Niara is an advocate for the research process. Her advice to students new to research is to dive in, "...don't be intimidated. The best way to learn is by doing." She did not have any experience with 3D printing prior to working at the PAD lab. Now, she has several publications and is teaching professionals how to 3D print in their field. She adds "There are no limitations to what you can do."

The goal of her research is to use three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to empower therapists to create customizable and inexpensive assistive technology for patients. Therapists can use medical expertise to tailor adaptations to existing assistive technologies, but current efforts to customize assistive technology are limited to materials like tape, clay, Velcro, and foam padding. She plans to familiarize medical professionals with 3D printing to make highly specific modifications to assistive devices and provide them with software to make 3D models. 

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