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Welcome from the Dean

Welcome to the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS*), an iSchool with a tradition of excellence and innovation.

Within this site you'll learn more about GSLIS, a world leader in library and information science education, research, and practice. As information output increases from year to year at what seems to be an exponential rate, there's a corresponding increase in the need for professionals who can help people manage information overload and who can connect people with the information resources and information technology that they need in order to achieve their goals, whether those goals are personal, community, corporate, government, or global.

At GSLIS, excellent faculty educate the men and women who will become leaders in the information professions, shaping the way information is produced, analyzed, and preserved. That work, in turn, benefits society, from business to healthcare to the arts, from education to politics, from personal information management to international information exchange.

We are proud to be at the forefront of library and information science, and we hope that you will choose to join us in this acutely and increasingly important field. If you do, you'll find that no matter what your disciplinary background or your interests, there is an enormous opportunity here to do interesting and valuable work that will not only change the lives of others, but will change yours as well.

Sincerely,

John Unsworth
Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science

*pronounced "gislis" with a hard "g"