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About Maryland Digital Library

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*Organization
*History
*Publicity
*Usage Statistics
*Participating Institutions
*Contact Information

Content

Refer to participating institutions' library web sites to gain access to databases purchased through the MDL.

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

  • MDL Wiki Spaces

  • Instructions for initiating participation:

    • If your campus participates in InCommon (If you are not sure of your campus's participation follow instructions below to see if your campus is listed on the pulldown of participating institutions):

      Go to https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/mdl
      Click on pulldown under “InCommon Member Account,” and log in under "InCommon Member Account."

    • If your campus does not participate in InCommon, contact

      aok@umbc.edu to request a sponsored UMBC account.

      UMBC staff will then complete your registration into the MDL wiki, so that you may access the wiki as a UMBC user.

    • The above procedures may be completed at any time. Following completion of setup, you may go directly to https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/mdl to use the wiki, or click on it from the MDL website.


MDL email list addresses; use is restricted to members of the lists:

mdlcontacts@lists.umbc.edu MDL Contacts (the most comprehensive listserv - includes directors)
mdldirectors@lists.umbc.edu MDL Directors only
mdlmanagementgroup@lists.umbc.edu MDL Management Group
mdlexec@lists.umbc.edu MDL Management Group Executive Committee
mdlcontent@lists.umbc.edu MDL Content Working Group

Organization

Minutes 

Maryland Digital Library Program Proposal (June, 1999) PDF

Maryland Digital Library Governance Structure (Revised and approved February 2, 2009) MS Word DOC

Management Group Members

  • Carol Allen (Harford Community College) (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014)
  • vacancy (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013)
  • Maureen Beck (Stevenson University) (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014)
  • Ellis Beteck (UMES) (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014)
  • Alan Bogage, Chair (Carroll Community College) (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013)
  • Jessame Ferguson, Vice Chair (McDaniel College; CALD President) (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013)
  • Chandra Gigliotti-Guridi (Chesapeake College) (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2014)
  • Lucy Holman (University of Baltimore) (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013)
  • Irene Padilla (Division of Library Development and Services) – ex officio
  • Jim Rettig (U.S. Naval Academy) (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
  • Deborah Slingluff (Johns Hopkins University) (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014)
  • Pat Steele (University of Maryland College Park) (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014; ex officio)
  • Tony White (Maryland Institute College of Art) (July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2015)
  • Larry Wilt (UMBC) (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013)

  • Sue Blanshan (Director, Academic Affairs) (Ex officio, Maryland Higher Education Commission)

Executive Committee

  • Alan Bogage, Chair (Carroll Community College) (January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2012)
  • Jessame Ferguson, Vice Chair (McDaniel College; CALD President) (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013)
  • Jim Rettig (U.S. Naval Academy) (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
  • Patricia Steele (Ex Officio, University of Maryland)

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)
  • Barbara Snead (Goucher College)
  • Cindy Steinhoff (Chair, Anne Arundel Community College)

History

The first proposals were initiated by Dr. Kimberly B. Kelley, who was at that time the Director of the University of Maryland University College Library.

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

US Naval Academy


Contact Information:

aok@umbc.edu

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Last modified: March 4, 2013