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School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science (SILS) consistently takes a leadership role in today's ever-changing information and library science landscape.
SILS conducts inquiry devoted to information generation and use to prepare reflective, adaptive information professionals for action in the present and the future, and to transfer to them an uncompromising advocacy for knowledge. SILS seeks to advance the practice of librarianship and information science, to prepare students for careers in the field of information and library science, and to make significant contributions to the study of information. Faculty members further these goals by teaching and advisory work; by research and scholarly publishing; and by service to the school, the university, the state, and the professional community.
SILS guides the activities of five principal programs: (1) an undergraduate major in information science and a minor in information systems, (2) master's programs for professional information work and library service, (3) the preparation of doctoral students for research and advanced positions, (4) the opportunity for information and library professionals to engage in individually tailored continuing education, and (5) the generation of new knowledge and new understanding about the use of information and libraries in society through a strong research and publication program. SILS' programs educate students on how information and knowledge is located, accessed, structured, archived, managed, preserved, processed, presented, and used through a variety of technologies and methods.
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