Why Study at an iSchool?
Studying at an iSchool will immerse you in the iField, which is an academic field of study and a professional career field that deals with all the issues, opportunities, and challenges we face in our emerging Information Age. Since the advent of digital technology, the amount of information available for human consumption doubles every three years. The iField addresses this fundamental issue: how do we harness that incredible flow of information for the betterment of society, rather than get swamped by it?
The iField empowers people in all other fields to create, find, store, manipulate, and share information in useful forms.
The iField is unique--it's at the heart of everything that individuals, organizations, and societies need in order to advance any area of human endeavor, from acting to zoology.
The iField and its product--the right information delivered at the right time to the right people in the right form--provide society with the key to success.
Globalization is why the iField is working hard to educate and train a new generation of professionals whose keen understanding of the uses--and users--of information will benefit twenty-first century society worldwide.
The iField makes sure our world is not inundated by information overload, but rather emancipated by information access.