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This list of information schools, sometimes abbreviated to iSchools, includes members of the iSchools organization.


iSchools organization

The iSchools organization reflects a consortium of over 100
information school An information school (sometimes abbreviated I-school or iSchool) is a university-level institution committed to understanding the role of information in nature and human endeavors. Synonyms include school of information, department of informa ...
s across the globe. 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. Degree programs at iSchools include course offerings in areas such as information architecture, design, policy, and economics; knowledge management, user experience design, and
usability Usability can be described as the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a soft ...
; preservation and conservation; librarianship and library administration; the sociology of information; and human-computer interaction and computer science.


Leadership

Th
executive committee of the iSchools
is made up of the current chair (Sam Oh, SKKU, Korea), past chair (
Michael Seadle Michael S. Seadle (born 1950) is an information scientist and historian. He is professor for digital libraries at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. He was Chair of the iSchools from 2014 to ...
,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (german: link=no, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick Wi ...
, 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 Michael S. Seadle (born 1950) is an information scientist and historian. He is professor for digital libraries at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. He was Chair of the iSchools from 2014 to ...
.


iConferences

Members of the iSchools organize a regular academic conference, known as the iConference, hosted by a different member institution each year. # September 2005: Pennsylvania State University # October 2006: University of Michigan # February 2008: University of California, Los Angeles # February 2009: University of North Carolina # February 2010: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign # February 2011: University of Washington, Seattle # February 2012: University of Toronto # February 2013: University of North Texas # March 2014: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin # March 2015: University of California, Irvine # March 2016: Drexel University # March 2017: Wuhan University # March 2018: University of Sheffield and Northumbria University # March 2019: University of Maryland # March 2020: University of Borås # March 2023: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya


Other schools of information

Other information schools and programs include: * Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore * San Jose State University
School of Information
* University at Albany, SUNY
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
* University of Southern California Library Science Degree *
Ankara University Ankara University ( tr, Ankara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vocat ...

Department of Information and Records Management
Ankara/ Turkey * Marmara University
Department of Information and Records Management
İstanbul/ Turkey * University of Kelaniya
Department of Library and Information Science
Kelaniya/
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
* University of Colombo
National Institute of Library and Information Science (NILIS)
Colombo/
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
* Chicago State University
Department of Information Studies


See also

* List of Library Science schools


References

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