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Equitable Access Policy

Equitable Access Policy

The University of Maryland Equitable Access Policy provides equitable, open access to the University's research and scholarship. Faculty can learn more about what is covered by the policy and how to deposit on the policy website.
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    Policy and Process Framework for Equitable Placemaking
    (2025-02-28) Alvarado, Edgar; Dwyer, Maura; Eisenbach, Ronit; Knaap, Gerrit; Somashekhar, Sheila
    This report serves as FTA TOD Planning Grant deliverable 1A-3, a Policy and Process Framework for Equitable Placemaking. It introduces key ways arts-and-culture interventions can help achieve TOD planning goals under this grant, which align with the Purple Line Corridor Coalition’s (PLCC’s) defined fourth priority outlined in the 2017 Community Development Agreement: “Vibrant and sustainable communities enhance health, culture, and a sense of place.” The report outlines how PLCC, leveraging its partnerships with communities, public agencies, and faculty and student design capacity within the University of Maryland, can support future creative placemaking work along the Purple Line corridor in ways that reflect and fortify the strong identities of the neighborhoods along the line.
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    Democratizing academic librarianship: Ten years of community-building through a graduate fellowship
    (Association of College and Research Libraries Bi-Annual Conference, 2025-04-02) Gammons, Rachel W.; Shaw, Benjamin; Pierdinock-Weed, Amber
    Developed in partnership between a University Library and an iSchool, the Research and Teaching Fellowship (RTF) is a three-semester teacher training program that prepares MLIS students for careers in academic librarianship. In celebration of the RTF program's 10th anniversary, we offer reflections from a decade of research and practice, including findings from an ongoing qualitative study featuring interviews with RTF alumni. While this presentation focuses on the RTF program, the implications of our findings are relevant to anyone interested in supporting early-to-mid-career librarians as they navigate the challenges, opportunities, and future of the profession.
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    An Exploratory Analysis of Campus Engagement with Library GIS and Data Services
    (Maryland's Geospatial Conference, 2025-08-06) Harmon, Anna; Gracia, Jose; Jin, Shujian; Shanker, Stella; Budhathoki, Milan
    The GIS and Data Services Center at McKeldin Library supports a wide range of geospatial and data-related needs for the University of Maryland community. To better understand the spatial distribution of our users, we analyzed departmental affiliation and academic status (undergraduate, graduate, faculty, etc.) to associate constituents with specific campus buildings based on their primary academic programs. Using this data, we conducted a network analysis along campus roads and pedestrian paths to calculate walking times from each academic building to McKeldin and STEM Libraries. We also compared the locations of individuals who attended in-person events versus those who only participated online, to assess whether physical proximity to library facilities correlates with in-person engagement. These insights reveal underserved areas on campus and inform targeted outreach strategies, enabling more equitable and effective programming across the university.
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    P2E in a Consortium: One Simple Trick to Remove Unwanted Electronic Portfolios!
    (Ex Libris Users of North America (ELUNA), 2025-06-19) Seguin, Linda
    After sharing a single Aleph database for over twenty years, the University System of Maryland & Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) consortium migrated to seventeen Alma Institution Zones (IZs) with a Network Zone (NZ) in 2024. Having once used the "single record approach" to add physical and e-holdings to the same bibliographic record, we found our legacy data was ill-suited for Ex Libris' standard Physical to Electronic (P2E) process of migrating ILS data for e-resources. As designed, if any institution had e-holdings on an Aleph record, then every institution with physical holdings on the same record would get an electronic portfolio for that title in their Alma IZ. Pre-migration cleanup was not feasible, and post-migration cleanup would have been difficult in Alma. The presentation will describe some challenges of P2E and how we discovered that a simple Linux command could prevent these errant portfolios in Alma.
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    Efficiency Gains in Rare Book Assessment: Evaluating Generative AI as an Adjunct Approach
    (2025) Coulbourne, Mark; Jones, Carolina; Grabowsky, Connor
    Months of environmental fluctuations in the rare book storage area compelled the Preservation Department to conduct a condition assessment. To limit the possibility of inattentional blindness and to test the quality of generative AI systems two different generative AI systems were tested against well-trained humans. The test consisted of one-hundred books which were evaluated by humans for damage to the text-block, the spine, the margin/gutter and the paper. The areas were photographed, those photographs and uniform text were input into Gemini Pro and ChatGPT Pro. The human results were compared against Gemini Pro and ChatGPT Pro. Considering generative AI was not designed to perform rare book assessments, the AI systems performed better than expected evaluating the text block, the condition of the paper and suggested preservation actions.