This list of information schools, sometimes abbreviated to iSchools, includes members of the iSchools organization. The iSchools organization reflects a consortium of over 130 information schools across the globe.
History
The first iSchools Caucus was formed in 1988 by Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Drexel and was called the Gang of Three (sometimes gang of four with Rutgers). Syracuse renamed the School of Library Science as the School of Information Studies in 1974, and is considered as the first “iSchool” in history. The group was formally named "the iSchools Caucus" or more casually, the iCaucus. By 2003, the group expanded to include the Universities of Michigan, Washington, Illinois, UNC, Florida State, Indiana, and Texas, and was called the Gang of Ten.
The current iSchools Caucus organization was formalized by 2005, with additions of UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA, Penn State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Toronto, Carnegie Mellon and Singapore Management University.
iSchools organization The iSchools 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. "School of Information", "Department of Information Studies", or "Information Department" are often the names of the participating organizations.
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.
Leadership The executive committee of the iSchools is made up of the current chair (Ina Fourie, University of Pretoria, South Africa), past chair (Gillian Oliver, Monash University, Australia) and the chair elect (Javed Mostafa, University of Toronto Canada), plus representatives from the three regions (North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific). The current executive director is Slava Sterzer.
Member institutions Between 2010 and 2026, the organization expanded globally beyond North America, growing to 133 member schools as of March 2026. For an updated and complete list of member schools, please visit the member database of the iSchools. Institution Academic unit CountryUniversity of Amsterdam Graduate School of Humanities (Media Studies) NetherlandsUniversity at AlbanyDepartment of Information Sciences and TechnologyUSUniversity of British Columbia School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies CanadaUniversity of Borås Swedish School of Library and Information Science SwedenUniversity of California, Berkeley School of Information USUniversity of California, Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences USUniversity of California, Los Angeles School of Education and Information Studies USUniversity of Colorado, Boulder College of Communication, Media, Design and Information USCarnegie Mellon University Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy USIndian Statistical Institute Documentation Research and Training Centre IndiaDrexel University College of Computing and Informatics USUniversity College Dublin School of Information and Library Studies IrelandFlorida State University College of Communication and Information USGeorgia Institute of Technology College of Computing USUniversity of Glasgow Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute UKHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berlin School of Library and Information Science GermanyUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Information Sciences USIndiana University School of Informatics and Computing USUniversity of Kentucky College of Communications & Information Studies USUniversity College London Department of Information Studies UKLong Island University Palmer School of Library and Information Science USManchester Metropolitan University Department of Languages, Information and Communications UKUniversity of Maryland College of Information Studies USUniversity of Maryland - Baltimore Department of Information Systems USMcGill University School of Information Studies CanadaUniversity of Melbourne Melbourne School of Information AustraliaUniversity of Michigan The School of Information USNanjing University School of Information Management ChinaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science USUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics USUniversity of North Texas College of Information USNorthumbria University Computing, Engineering & Information Sciences UKUniversidade Nova de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School PortugalOsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science NorwayPennsylvania State University College of Information Sciences and Technology USUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information USUniversity of Porto Faculty of Engineering in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts PortugalPratt Institute School of Information USUniversity of Regensburg Institute for Information and Media, Language and Culture GermanyRutgers, the State University of New Jersey School of Communication and Information USFuture University in Egypt Faculty of Economics & Political Science EgyptUniversity of Sheffield School of Information, Journalism and Communication UKSimmons University School of Library and Information ScienceUSSingapore Management University School of Information Systems SingaporeUniversity of South Australia School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences AustraliaUniversity of South Florida School of Information USSungkyunkwan University Library and Information Science South KoreaSyracuse University School of Information Studies USTampere University School of Communication Sciences FinlandUniversity of Texas, Austin School of Information USUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Information CanadaKyushu University Department of Library Science, Graduate School of Integrated Frontier Sciences JapanUniversity of Tsukuba Graduate School of Library, Information, and Media Studies JapanUniversity of Washington Information School USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison Information School USUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee School of Information Studies USWuhan University School of Information Management ChinaYonsei University Department of Library and Information Science South KoreaYonsei University Graduate School of Information South KoreaChung-Ang University Department of Library and Information Science South KoreaUniversity of Nebraska-Omaha College of Information Science and Technology USMakerere University The College of Computing and Information Sciences UgandaCharles III University of Madrid Library Science and Documentation Department SpainHacettepe University Department of Information Management TurkeyStratford University School of Computer Information Systems USUniversity of ArizonaSchool of InformationUSUniversity of the Philippines - DilimanSchool of Library and Information StudiesPhilippinesBar-Ilan UniversityDepartment of Information Science and Applied Artificial IntelligenceIsrael
iConferences Members of the iSchools organize a regular academic conference, known as the iConference, hosted by a different member institution each year. September 2005: Pennsylvania State University October 2006: University of Michigan February 2008: University of California, Los Angeles February 2009: University of North Carolina February 2010: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign February 2011: University of Washington, Seattle February 2012: University of Toronto February 2013: University of North Texas March 2014: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin March 2015: University of California, Irvine March 2016: Drexel University March 2017: Wuhan University March 2018: University of Sheffield and Northumbria University March 2019: University of Maryland March 2020: University of Borås (virtual only) March 2021: Renmin University of China (virtual only) February/March 2022: University of Texas at Austin, University College Dublin & Kyushu University (virtual only) March 2023: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya March 2024: Jilin University March 2025: Indiana University March/April 2026: Edinburgh Napier University 2027: Victoria University of Wellington
Other schools of information Other information schools and programs include: Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore San Jose State University, School of Information University of Southern California Library Science Degree Ankara University, Department of Information and Records Management, Ankara/Turkey Marmara University, Department of Information and Records Management, Istanbul/Turkey University of Kelaniya, Department of Library and Information Science, Kelaniya/Sri Lanka University of Colombo, National Institute of Library and Information Science (NILIS), Colombo/Sri Lanka Chicago State University, Department of Information Studies
See also List of Library Science schools
References