Doctoral students 27 Undergraduates 190 | Dean Tomas A. Lipinski Postgraduates 561 | |
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Former names School of Library and Information Studies Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Campus University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Motto Information our focus, International our scope, Interdisciplinary our mindset. Similar University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, UIUC School of Informatio, Syracuse University School of, Dominican University, University of Michigan School of Profiles | ||
The School of Information Studies (SOIS) is an academic unit of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. SOIS is a member of the iSchools consortium.
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Programs
The school offers a Bachelor of Science in Information Science and Technology, a Master of Library and Information Science accredited by the American Library Association, and a Doctorate program in Information studies.
Research groups
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).
Technology
SOIS has its own in-house technical support staff (SOIS Tech) that is separate from University Information Technology Services (UITS). SOIS Tech provides streaming access to recordings of past events (speakers, course material, and events) freely available to anyone on their website via an in-house Video on Demand service called iStream.
Rankings
In 2013 US News & World Report ranked the school 15th nationally among Library and Information Science schools. SOIS ranks 4th internationally and 2nd in the US/Canada in department contributions to library and information science (LIS) literature (2007 - 2012) as reported in a recent study in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology by Walters & Wilder.
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.