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Maryland's iSchool to Host Annual Americana Archives Event on March 5 College Park, MD (February 20, 2012)-The University of Maryland's College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool, and the Student Archivists of Maryland (SAM) invites the public to Americana: The Many Faces of Maryland's Archives Profession. This event will be held Monday, March 5, 2012 at 6 pm in the Special Events Room of the University of Maryland's McKeldin Library. The following speakers, all Maryland alumni, will share some of their experiences at the institutions and collections they have helped shape: * Dr. Mike Mashon, head of the Library of Congress Moving Image Division * Dr. Joni Jones, director of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and director of the Banneker Douglass Museum * Dr. Mary Choquette, creator and former curator of the Philadelphia Dance Collection Join campus and community archival professionals at this event examining the multifaceted roles of the archivist. Refreshments will be served. RSVP is requested by February 29. Please visit ischool.umd.edu for more information and to RSVP online. This event is presented by the College of Information Studies, the Student Archivists of Maryland (SAM), and Pepsi. About Maryland's iSchool The College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool, empowers people, organizations and society to use information effectively through its research and undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. Maryland's iSchool enables students and faculty to create new ways for people to connect with information that will transform society and is ideally located in the information capital of the world- the Washington DC metro region. The iSchool is transforming itself as well, from a small college with a strong foundation in library and information studies programs to a fast-growing and groundbreaking center of expertise that will help people manage the information explosion from childhood to adulthood. For more information, visit ischool.umd.edu<http://www.ischool.umd.edu>. Mary Carroll-Mason Communications Coordinator College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool University of Maryland 4105J Hornbake Library College Park, MD 20742 [log in to unmask] (301) 405-1260 ischool.umd.edu<http://ischool.umd.edu/> Twitter: @I_UMD