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About Maryland Digital Library

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*Publicity
*Usage Statistics
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Content

Maryland Digital Library currently provides access to the following electronic resources (Please note that not all libraries have access to all listed resources.)

Electronic Resource Information


The Resource Renewal Process



Access to MDL Wiki Spaces (Restricted to MDL Member Institution Librarians)


Organization

Minutes 

Maryland Digital Library Program Proposal (June, 1999) PDF, 2,382KB

Maryland Digital Library Governance Structure (Revised and approved February 2, 2009) DOC, 38KB

Management Group Members

  • Shelia Bailey (University of Maryland Eastern Shore) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
  • Bob Baldwin (Allegany College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
  • Alan Bogage (Carroll Community College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
  • Pat Cheek (Chesapeake College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
  • Jessame Ferguson (McDaniel College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
  • Lorraine Martorana (Cecil College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
  • John McGinty (Vice-Chair, Loyola/Notre Dame College) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
  • Celia Rabinowitz (St. Mary's College of Maryland) (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2010)
  • Tom Repenning (Ex officio, College of Southern Maryland) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2010)
  • Deborah Slingluff (Johns Hopkins University)
  • Tom Tynan (Ex officio, Maryland Higher Education Commission)
  • Patricia Steele (Ex officio, University of Maryland)
  • Richard Werking (U.S. Naval Academy) (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011)
  • Larry Wilt (Chair, University of Maryland Baltimore County) (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013)

Executive Committee

  • Pat Cheek (Chesapeake College) (January 2009 - December 31, 2010 or expiration of appointment to Management Group)
  • John McGinty (Vice-Chair, Loyola/Notre Dame College) (January 2009 - December 31, 2010 or expiration of appointment to Management Group)
  • Patricia Steele (Ex Officio, University of Maryland)
  • Richard Werking (U.S. Naval Academy) (January 2009 - December 31, 2010 or expiration of appointment to Management Group)
  • Larry Wilt (Chair, University of Maryland Baltimore County) (January 2009 - December 31, 2010 or expiration of appointment to Management Group)

Content Working Group Members

  • Brenda Braham (Montgomery College)
  • Larry Clemens (U.S. Naval Academy)
  • Anne Driscoll (UMES, Co-Chair USMAI ECTG)
  • Lenore England (UMUC, Co-Chair USMAI ECTG)
  • Joanne Helouvry (Loyola/Notre Dame)
  • Liz Mengel (JHU)
  • Robin Moskal (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
  • Mick O'Leary (Frederick Community College)
  • Rick Sample (Capitol College)
  • Barbara Snead (Chair, Goucher College)
  • Cindy Steinhoff (Anne Arundel Community College)

History

In 1998, the Secretary of Higher Education authorized formation of the Maryland Digital Library Task Force to develop a program for a Maryland Digital Library. This task force, with representatives from all sectors of higher education in Maryland, presented the MDL program to the Maryland Higher Education Commission in May 1999. In December 1999, initial funds of $400,000 were approved by the Maryland IT Board to put MDL into operation. When these funds were received in early June 2000, they were used in combination with $500,000 from the state budget to begin implementation.

On July 5, 2000, the Maryland Digital Library was launched, providing on-campus access to 10 licensed electronic databases for the students, faculty, and staff of 49 colleges and universities, both public and private. These electronic resources, including 400 electronic books and 2945 electronic journals, were accessed through a Web-based gateway called MdUSA (Maryland University and College Statewide Access to Electronic Resources).

In 2004, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation establishing the Maryland Digital Library as a Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) program initiative. The MDL has not received state support since 2002.

In 2005, libraries using the MdUSA gateway were migrated to an EZ proxy gateway for remote access to their MDL electronic resources.

Since July 2000, Maryland college students have conducted over 14.7 million searches and retrieved 16 million full-text articles through the core MDL databases.

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Publicity
Maryland Digital Library Powerpoint Presentation
Press Release (July 6, 2000)
Brochure (PDF, 58KB)

The Baltimore Sun featured MDL in its Education Beat column. The article, "Library bridges a digital divide," which appeared on Feb. 21, 2001, describes the benefits MDL has brought to participating institutions, particularly community colleges.

Maryland Digital Library also received a "thumbs up" from the Cecil Whig (July 14, 2000) for providing students with "a whole new way of learning."

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Usage Statistics
MDL users conducted almost 4.3 million searches and retreived 5.6 million full-text documents from July 2004 to July 2005.
Statistics by database (Excel file, 34KB).

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Participating Institutions

Public Universities and Colleges

Independent Colleges & Universities

Community Colleges


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Contact Information:

aok@umbc.edu



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Last modified: August 6, 2010