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<Title>Library Basics Workshop for Students</Title>
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<Title>Bb Collaborate Down for Maintenance 10 pm 1/26 - 2 am 1/27</Title>
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<Title>Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 1/25 to 1 am 1/26</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 1/25 to 1 am Saturday 1/26.  This down time is during the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/08/blackboard_week.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">regularly scheduled maintenance window</a> and is necessary for DoIT staff to perform routine maintenance. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience that this down time may cause.</div>
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<Title>Blackboard Upgrade Completed Ahead of Schedule</Title>
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<Title>New MyUMBC Login Launches on January 15, 2013</Title>
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