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AboutThe iSchools Organization
iConferenceEvery year, the iSchools organization presents the iConference. This gathering of information scholars and professionals is a shared, onsite experience that fosters interaction, spontaneity, reflection, and forward movement. Affiliation with the iSchools is not a prerequisite for participation; everyone is encouraged to participate. Information on the upcoming iConference can be found here. Summaries of our past iConferences are found on the Past Proceedings page. VisionThe iSchools Organization seeks to maximize the visibility and influence of its member schools, and their interdisciplinary approaches to harnessing the power of information and technology, and maximizing the potential of humans. We envision a future in which the iSchool Movement has spread around the world, and the information field is widely recognized for creating innovative systems and designing information solutions that benefit individuals, organizations, and society. iSchool graduates will fill the personnel and leadership needs of organizations of all types and sizes; and our areas of research and inquiry will attract strong support and have profound impacts on society and on the formulation of policy from local to international levels. Goals
ApproachiSchools promote an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the opportunities and challenges of information management, with a core commitment to concepts like universal access and user-centered organization of information. The field is concerned broadly with questions of design and preservation across information spaces, from digital and virtual spaces such as online communities, social networking, the World Wide Web, and databases to physical spaces such as libraries, museums, collections, and other repositories. Degree programs at iSchools include course offerings in areas such as information architecture, design, policy, and economics; knowledge management, user experience design, and usability; preservation and conservation; librarianship and library administration; the sociology of information; and human-computer interaction and computer science. CharterClick here to view the iSchools Charter. | NEWS
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