From The Library
The UMass Lowell Library Launches UMass Lowell Research, Archives and Data (UML RAD)
UML RAD is now accepting scholarly output.
UML RAD (UMass Lowell Research, Archives and Data) is a repository founded by the UMass Lowell (UML) Library to provide faculty and other UML community members with a permanent place to share their academic work and research data.
The University Library’s goal is to preserve, share, and celebrate the important scholarship created by the UML community. UML RAD enables scholarly output (such as papers, research data, conference presentations, images, and more) to be publicly accessible, discoverable, citable, and backed by a preservation process that will fulfill data management and sharing requirements set by grant funding agencies.
This repository also serves as UML Center for Lowell History’s digital archive, where researchers can view a wide variety of historical items from university and Lowell-related collections.
Preserving Portuguese Immigrant History Symposium
From left to right, Veronica Denison. Nicole Catarino, Chelsea Fernandes and Nikki Tantum.
Yesterday was the 'Preserving Portuguese Immigrant History Symposium' organized by the Portuguese American Digital Archive team here at UMass Lowell (UML). These collections showcase how much the history of these communities matters.
Among the speakers were Nicole Catarino and Nikki Tantum from UMass Lowell. Chelsea Fernandes' presentation on UMass Dartmouth’s Ferreira-Mendes' Portuguese-American Archives showcased their amazing digitization efforts and physical collections, including a shoebox of codfish recipes. Veronica Denison's presentation on Rhode Island College’s Rhode Island Portuguese American Archives shared information about their Cape Verdean-related collections as well as the initiatives for their new Portuguese American collections and exhibits. Gilberto Fernandes from York University in Toronto, Canada spoke about the Portuguese Canadian History Project and the team's creative outreach projects within the community. Phitsamay Uy presented about UML's Southeast Asian Digital Archive.
Thank you to all our speakers for sharing their work.