The Communications and Mass Media Collection focuses on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include advertising and public relations, literature and writing,...
The 17th-18th Century Burney Collection provides access to newspapers, newsbooks, Acts of Parliament, addresses, broadsides, pamphlets, and proclamations in a comprehensive collection originating...
Apply to receive $500 from the Friends of the Library
Special Collections Invites Applications for Undergraduate Research Award The Friends of the Library & Gallery is inaugurating a $500 award for undergraduates to do research in the...
Note: The following is adapted from a DoIT News story originally published on 8/31/15. Students, faculty, and staff can now print from their own devices using Pharos Mobile Printing. Devices...
Colonial State Papers provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries....
Today's post is written by Emily Somach, a recent graduate of the College of Information Studies at College Park. Emily has been working in Special Collections this year as part of an NHPRC funded...
A technical overview of implementing a new XML standard
Hi! I’m Emily Somach, a graduate student at University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies. I am working towards my Master of Library Science degree, specializing in Archives, Records,...
Creating an Academic Research Poster Using PowerPoint Thursday, September 17, AND Friday, September 25 (12-1 PM) LIB 259 An academic research poster is a visual communication tool that...
Our main goal in Special Collections is to make all of our collections accessible and discoverable to the public. We are continually writing descriptions or metadata records about the collections...