School of Information
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Alumna Reaches for the Stars
A career change and a decision to pursue a Master of Information and Library Science at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ reignited Robin Pertz's love of space and landed her a dream job at NASA.
L.M. Elliott Wins The Scott O'Dell Award For Historical Fiction
The Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Selection Committee is thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2024 award is Bea and the New Deal Horse by L.M. Elliott.
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s Reinberger Children’s Library Center Becomes New Home of Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
The Reinberger Children’s Library Center at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University has become the new home of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, assuming the role formerly held by the Center for Children’s Books at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Established in 1982, the annual award of $5,000 goes to an author of an historical fiction novel for children published in the previous year and set in South, Central or North America.
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Ranks in Top 20 in the Nation for Library and Information Studies Program in U.S. News 2022 Best Graduate Schools Rankings
U.S. News & World Report ranks 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University in the top 20 Best Library and Information Studies Programs in the country in its 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Overall, 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is recognized in 12 new national rankings in the 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools, including three specialty rankings.
Alumni Spotlights
Whether using their library and information science, user experience design, health informatics or knowledge management master's degrees, our alumni find careers as diverse as libraries, hospitals, online marketplaces, museums and more.
Student Organization Selected as Runner-Up for Prestigious National Award
Each year the American Library Association selects student chapters who exemplify values of excellence, service and compliance, and recently 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s ALA Student Chapter was selected as the runner-up for the award.