University Of Pittsburgh School Of Information Sciences
Coordinates: 40°26′50″N 79°57′10″W / 40.447332°N 79.952712°W / 40.447332; -79.952712
| University of Pittsburgh,School of Information Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1901 |
| Dean | Ron Larsen (2004) |
| Academic staff | 36 |
| Students | 687 |
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.ischool.pitt.edu |
The University of Pittsburgh - School of Information Sciences (or SIS) is one of the nation’s pioneering schools in the education of information professionals, with a history that reaches back more than a hundred years to the days of Andrew Carnegie. As of 2009, it is ranked 10th in the list of Top Schools of Library and Information Studies by US News & World Report and is one of the original members in the list of I-Schools. Located on the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, the school is led by its current Dean Ronald L. Larsen.
The School offers an undergraduate program in Information Science, as well as graduate programs leading to a Masters degree, PhD degree, and Certificates of Advanced Study in Information Science, Telecommunications, and Library and Information Science. The School also offers a distance education program for earning a Masters degree in Library and Information Science.
The school was originally founded on October 1, 1901 as the Training School for Children's Librarians at the Carnegie Library. The School moved to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1930, and eventually to the University of Pittsburgh in 1961. Specialized tracks of study currently range from areas such as School Librarianship Certification and Archival Studies to Digital Libraries to Geoinformatics and Information Security.
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