University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee School of Information Studies

School of Information Studies (SOIS)
Former names
 School of Library and Information Studies
Motto Information our focus, International our scope, Interdisciplinary our mindset.
Dean Dr Tomas A. Lipinski
Undergraduates 190
Postgraduates 561
27
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Campus University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Website http://www.sois.uwm.edu/

The School of Information Studies (SOIS) is an academic unit of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. The school offers Bachelor of Science, MLIS and Doctoral programs of Information sciences in the areas of Archival Studies, Information Organization, Information Policy, and Information Retrieval. SOIS is a member of the iSchools consortium.[1]

The US News & World Report ranks the school 15th nationally among Library and Information Science schools, and its Archives and Preservation program the 9th nation wide.[2] The school was recognized by UNESCO as one of the "leading international academic institutions" for its "ongoing role in promoting e-government and information ethics initiatives in Africa" in 2009.[3][4]

The school houses UW-Milwaukee's Center for Information Policy Research, Research Group for Information Retrieval, Information Intelligence and Architecture Research Lab, the Knowledge Organization Research Group (KOrg), and the Social Studies of Information Research Group (SSIRG). SOIS has its own in-house technical support staff (SOIS Tech) that is separate from University Information Technology Services (UITS).

References

  1. ↑ Meet the iSchools
  2. ↑ US News & World Report 2009
  3. ↑ UNESCO implements information ethics and e-government initiative in Africa, UNESCO.ORG
  4. ↑ SOIS’s work earns UNESCO praise

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