This list of information schools, sometimes abbreviated to iSchools, includes members of the iSchools organization. The iSchools organization reflects a consortium of over 100 information schools across the globe.
The first iSchools Caucus was formed in 1988 by Syracuse,[1] Pittsburgh, and Drexel and was called the Gang of Three (sometimes gang of four with Rutgers).[2] [3] Syracuse renamed the School of Library Science as the School of Information Studies in 1974, and is considered as the first “iSchool” in history.[3] The group was formally named "the iSchools Caucus" or more casually, the iCaucus. By 2003, the group expanded to include the Universities of Michigan, Washington, Illinois, UNC, Florida State, Indiana, and Texas, and was called the Gang of Ten.[4] [5]
The current iSchools Caucus organization was formalized by 2005, with additions of UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA, Penn State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Toronto, Carnegie Mellon and Singapore Management University.[2]
The iSchools promote an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the opportunities and challenges of information management, with a core commitment to concepts like universal access and user-centered organization of information. The field is concerned broadly with questions of design and preservation across information spaces, from digital and virtual spaces such as online communities, social networking, the World Wide Web, and databases to physical spaces such as libraries, museums, collections, and other repositories. "School of Information", "Department of Information Studies", or "Information Department" are often the names of the participating organizations.[6] [7]
Degree programs at iSchools include course offerings in areas such as information architecture, design, policy, and economics; knowledge management, user experience design, and usability; preservation and conservation; librarianship and library administration; the sociology of information; and human-computer interaction and computer science.[8]
The executive committee of the iSchools is made up of the current chair (Sam Oh, SKKU, Korea), past chair (Michael Seadle, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany), and the chair elect (Gobinda Choudhury, Northumbria University, UK), plus representatives from the three regions (North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific). The current executive director is Michael Seadle.
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| Institution | Academic unit | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate School of Humanities (Media Studies) | Netherlands | |||
| Canada | ||||
| Swedish School of Library and Information Science | Sweden | |||
| US | ||||
| US | ||||
| School of Education and Information Studies | US | |||
| College of Media, Communication and Information | US | |||
| US | ||||
| India | ||||
| Department of Information Studies | Denmark | |||
| US | ||||
| School of Information and Library Studies | Ireland | |||
| School of Information Science | Brazil | |||
| US | ||||
| US | ||||
| UK | ||||
| Germany | ||||
| US | ||||
| US | ||||
| US | ||||
| Department of Information Studies | UK | |||
| US | ||||
| Department of Languages, Information and Communications | UK | |||
| US | ||||
| Department of Information Systems | US | |||
| Canada | ||||
| Melbourne School of Information | Australia | |||
| US | ||||
| School of Information Management | China | |||
| US | ||||
| College of Computing and Informatics | US | |||
| US | ||||
| Computing, Engineering & Information Sciences | UK | |||
| NOVA Information Management School | Portugal | |||
| Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science | Norway | |||
| US | ||||
| US | ||||
| Portugal | ||||
| US | ||||
| Institute for Information and Media, Language and Culture | Germany | |||
| US | ||||
| Faculty of Economics & Political Science | Egypt | |||
| UK | ||||
| School of Information Systems | Singapore | |||
| School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences | Australia | |||
| School of Information | US | |||
| Library and Information Science | South Korea | |||
| US | ||||
| School of Communication Sciences | Finland | |||
| School of Information Sciences | US | US | ||
| Canada | ||||
| Department of Library Science, Graduate School of Integrated Frontier Sciences | Japan | |||
| Graduate School of Library, Information, and Media Studies | Japan | |||
| US | ||||
| US | ||||
| US | ||||
| School of Information Management | China | |||
| Department of Library and Information Science | South Korea | |||
| Graduate School of Information | South Korea | |||
| Department of Library and Information Science | South Korea | |||
| College of Information Science and Technology | US | |||
| The College of Computing and Information Sciences | Uganda | |||
| Library Science and Documentation Department | Spain | |||
| Department of Information Management | Turkey | |||
| School of Computer Information Systems | US | |||
| University of Arizona | School of Information[10] | US | ||
| University of the Philippines - Diliman | School of Library and Information Studies |
Members of the iSchools organize a regular academic conference, known as the iConference, hosted by a different member institution each year.
Other information schools and programs include: