Check out our winning poster!

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Check out the Mapping Inequality Project making headlines! http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/best-maps-cartography-2016/

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When I started my MLIS program with a focus in Archives & Digital Curation, I had no real understanding of what I could accomplish with my degree aside from working at an archival institution. One day for my Introduction to Archives course our professor took the class to the Digital Curation Innovation Center to learn…

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Hey everyone! I wanted to give you a quick update on what Virginia Tech is up to in the Mapping Inequality project. I had the privilege of working closely with Dr. LaDale Winling, a history professor at my alma mater Virginia Tech, throughout my senior year on this project. I digitized many of the area…

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Our newest team member Liz Laribee wrote this article on Mapping Inequality. She interviewed two team members about their personal experiences with the project and how it has impacted them. Check out the original article here.   A project of the iSchool’s Digital Curation and Innovation Center (DCIC) has been attracting national attention. The project,…

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Good news keeps rolling in for the Mapping Inequality research team! Team member Myeong Lee has officially finished Scribe and it’s all ready to go. Check it out and help us transcribe data from the remaining cities! The site will prompt you with a tutorial on the transcription process. You can choose to mark and/or…

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The University of Maryland’s DCIC has some extremely exciting news to share! National Geographic published an article about Mapping Inequality titled, “Newly Released Maps Show How Housing Discrimination Happened.” Greg Miller did an exceptional job in articulating not only the lasting effects these maps have on the housing industry, but also the grim history behind it…

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It’s May. Students have three final exams and four course projects. Faculty must grade thirty different tests and project submissions. Summer jobs and internships are demanding schedules, hours, and employment information. Also, that digital curation project you volunteered for has an upcoming deadline/presentation. Come June, and the stress of the previous semester subsides as students…

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On April 30th on Maryland Day, a student team from the Mapping Inequality project rolled out a new project: “Mapping Inequality: Baltimore” See: http://dcicblog.umd.edu/redliningbaltimore/ In particular check out the interactive Baltimore 1937 Redlining map with linked neighborhood description tab.

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