The Power to Transform Lives
The iSchools are interested in the relationship between information, people and technology. This is characterized by a commitment to learning and understanding the role of information in human endeavors. The iSchools take it as given that expertise in all forms of information is required for progress in science, business, education, and culture. This expertise must include understanding of the uses and users of information, as well as information technologies and their applications.
Carbo Receives von Dran Award
Dr. Toni Carbo, the program leader at the Drexel University Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento, California, was honored as this year's von Dran Award recipient at iConference 2010. The von Dran award is intended to recognize leadership in the information field.
Deluge of Scientific Data Needs to be Curated for Long-Term Use
With the world awash in information, curating all the scientifically relevant bits and bytes is an important task, especially given digital data’s increasing importance as the raw materials for new scientific discoveries, says an expert in information science at the University of Illinois.
Carole L. Palmer, a professor of library and information science at Illinois, says that data curation – the active and ongoing management of data through their lifecycle of interest to science – is now understood to be an important part of supporting and advancing research.
Who is an iProfessional?
I Provide Information
University of Illinois alumnus Tom Priestly "wanted to be Indiana Jones before there was an Indiana Jones, traveling down the Amazon and discovering things." While he hasn’t gotten his chance to visit the Amazon (yet) he has acted on his passion of discovery—completing his library and information science degree in 2006.
The iField
- Ph.D. graduates from the iSchools take faculty positions in diverse fields including Library and Information Science, Business, Communication, Management Information Systems, Public Affairs, Education, Computer Science, Law, Health Management and Informatics, and Information Studies.Graduates also work in corporations and non-profits.
- Scholarships and Fellowships
- Faculty and Other Jobs
