University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies

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The School of Information Studies (SOIS) is an academic unit of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. SOIS is a member of the iSchools consortium.

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Programs

The school offers a Bachelor of Science in Information Science and Technology, a Master of Library and Information Science accredited by the American Library Association, a Master of Science in Information Science and Technology, and a Doctorate program in Information studies.

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Research groups

The school houses UW-Milwaukee's Center for Information Policy Research, Research Group for Information Retrieval, Information Intelligence and Architecture Research Lab, the Knowledge Organization Research Group (KOrg), and the Social Studies of Information Research Group (SSIRG).

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Technology

SOIS has its own in-house technical support staff (SOIS Tech) that is separate from University Information Technology Services (UITS). SOIS Tech provides streaming access to recordings of past events (speakers, course material, and events) freely available to anyone on their website via an in-house Video on Demand service called iStream.

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Rankings

In 2013 US News & World Report ranked the school 15th nationally among Library and Information Science schools. SOIS ranks 4th internationally and 2nd in the US/Canada in department contributions to library and information science (LIS) literature (2007 - 2012) as reported in a recent study in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology by Walters & Wilder.

The school was recognized by UNESCO as one of the "leading international academic institutions" for its "ongoing role in promoting e-government and information ethics initiatives in Africa" in 2009.