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Maurita Peterson Holland Associate Professor Emerita
BM, AMLS, University of Michigan
(734) 764-2648
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E-mail: mholland@umich.edu
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| Specialization(s): LIS
Maurita Peterson Holland is an associate professor emerita in the School of Information.
Her research interests include virtual information systems and service, distance-independent and informal learning, and technology-assisted community networks and programs. Holland has taught in the Honors and the Community Scholars Programs; she currently teaches also in the Interactive Communications and Simulations Group in the School of Education.
From 1995-2005, Holland directed SI's Office of Academic Outreach and Practical Engagement Programs, which included the Directed Field Experience, internship, Digital Tool Kit, and Alternative Spring Break programs. She directs the Internet Public Library and the Cultural Heritage Preservation Institute (CHPI) and a host of community-based digital projects. She is a chair of the faculty management committee of the Community Information Corps. Currently she is working with 14 iSchools (information schools) to form a consortium for the IPL, a research, education, and service project that welcomes 12 million visitors annually, 35 percent of whom are outside the United States.
A frequent piano recitalist in the Ann Arbor area, Holland provides annual benefit concerts at the Kerrytown Concert House; she also plays a number of other musical instruments...and the accordion. A former board member of Emerson School in Ann Arbor, she recently completed seven years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Greenhills School. Holland is a member of the Downtown Ann Arbor Rotary Club and a governor of the Martha Cook Building at the U-M. She is active in Detroit area Swedish cultural affairs and an avid orchid grower.
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