WISE Course Electives for Pitt MLIS Students

Welcome to the Library and Information Science Program at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Information Sciences.  For more than 100 years, the School of Information Sciences has been educating information professionals.  Our degree programs and specializations, carefully crafted to meet the needs of both students and the library profession, have received national recognition.  Our Master of Library and Information Science degree program is accredited by the American Library Association and has been ranked as one of the top-ten programs by US News & World Report in the magazine’s 2007 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”   We strive to provide you with an environment, faculty, and courses that will give you the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary for succeeding in a career in the information professions. More...

Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) is a unique and groundbreaking opportunity for Pitt students to take elective online courses from other ALA-accredited programs. Leading schools in the information field (see list below) have gone outside the classroom to extend their reach to broaden the online educational opportunities for students. The WISE consortium uses advanced technology as a means to enrich one’s education and foster relationships among students, faculty and universities. More...

The School of Information Sciences is proud to announce that its ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science degree program has been recognized as one of the top-ten programs by US News & World Report in the magazine’s 2007 edition of  “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”  The MLIS program as a whole was ranked seventh in the nation, based on a 2005 survey, and the MLIS Specializations received top honors as well.  More...

SIS is pleased to announce that Professor Anthony Debons, one of the early founders of the Information Science discipline,  will teach a landmark course in the Summer Term of 2008.  This course, LIS 2970: Introduction to Information Science, will discuss the key concepts about the human and technological aspects of data, information and knowledge that are the foundations of Information Science.  The course will be offered on-campus and via the FastTrack MLIS Program, an online platform for Library and Information Science education.  More...