Welcome

Welcome to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies! Located on the fourth floor of Helen C. White Hall overlooking beautiful Lake Mendota, we are a learning community of more than 200 faculty, staff, and students.

SLIS Centennial

In 2006, UW-Madison SLIS celebrated its Centennial Year

Our Mission

The School of Library and Information Studies of the University of Wisconsin-Madison exists to educate professionals to bring together information in all its cultural forms and the people who need or want it, thereby contributing to individual and collective knowledge, productivity, and well-being; to create and disseminate knowledge about recordable information, its users and uses, the services, processes, and technologies that facilitate its management and use, and the economies and policies that impact access to it; to provide for the continuation and enhancement of the faculties of schools of library and information studies through an excellent doctoral program; and to help shape the future of the library and information professions.

As you explore our Web site, please notice some things of which we are especially proud:

Our Vision and Mission Statement was created through an ongoing planning process that guides the work of all of the School's faculty and staff, with contributions from alumni, friends, and students.

We rank in the nation's top ten in the education of children's and youth services librarians, school library media specialists, and archivists.

We have an exceptional relationship with our university and community libraries and librarians, who not only support our students with jobs, but also mentor them and help the faculty keep in touch with professional practice.

Our Jail Library Student Group was one of 21 national winners of the 1999 Presidential Service Awards, selected by the Points of Light Foundation and awarded by the President.

We are the home for the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America, which we cosponsor with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Histories of the School of Library and Information Studies

100 Years of SLIS: Images Celebrating Our Past
A collection of digital images, primarily from yearbooks dating 1907 on. This collection was developed by students in "Digital Libraries" classes between 2004 and 2006, and compiled by Kyung-Sun "Sunny" Kim, the instructor of the course.

History of the School of Library and Information Studies
This section provides a history of the school from its inception until present (1997). Highlights include some great pictures and a unique history. Compiled in 1997 by Charles A. Bunge, Professor Emeritus, Director of SLIS 1971-1981