Explore the School of Information & Library Science Opens in New Window Top Level Navigation DISCOVER NAVIGATE SEARCH SCHOOL OF INFORMATION & LIBRARY SCIENCE The School of Information and Library Science, also known as the iSchool at Carolina, offers an undergraduate major and minor, master’s degrees and a Ph.D. We are consistently ranked as one of the nation’s top schools by U.S. News & World Report. Educating information leaders The school educates innovative and responsible thinkers who will lead the information professions; discovers principles and impacts of information; creates systems, techniques and policies to advance information processes and services; and advances information creation, access, use, management and stewardship to improve the quality of life for diverse local, national and global communities. Our students learn the principles for information creation, management and use that will serve them for a lifetime of continued learning. They also acquire the practical knowledge and skills to help them obtain rewarding jobs and develop novel information systems and services. Our faculty are world-renowned leaders with a variety of expertise and interests that combine to make SILS a transformational leader in four specific areas: digital curation, health informatics, information interaction and librarianship for the 21st Century. Read more GARY MARCHIONINI Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor PROGRAMS OFFERED BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SCIENCE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN LIBRARY SCIENCE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE MASTER’S IN DIGITAL CURATION AND MANAGEMENT PH.D. IN INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE LOCATION ON CAMPUS Manning Hall, 216 Lenoir Dr., Chapel Hill, 27516 FACTS & FIGURES No. 1 ranking in Health Librarianship by U.S. News & World Report +90% of graduates work or continue their education within six months of graduation Top 10 in all specialty areas ranked by U.S. News & World Report No. 1 Library and Information Management Program by QS World University Rankings 1st Master's Degree in the U.S. focused on digital curation AROUND CAMPUS CAROLINA FOOTBALL USES HIGH-TECH MOUTHGUARDS TO MEASURE ON-FIELD HEAD IMPACTS The use of the NFL’s mouthguard sensor at the collegiate level will broaden, inform injury reduction efforts for elite athletes. $500,000 GRANT WILL ADVANCE PRESERVATION OF THE SOUTH’S AUDIOVISUAL HISTORY AT UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable Carolina's archivists and digitization specialists to explore new methods for preserving audio and video records of the American South at a large scale. ALUMNUS KIMATHI MUIRURI BECOMES CAROLINA’S 54TH RHODES SCHOLAR Kimathi Muiruri '21, who majored in history and environmental studies, was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and is an Honors Carolina laureate. He is the third Tar Heel to be named a Rhodes Scholar this fall. VISIT THE SITE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE Accessibility Alert Carolina Alumni ConnectCarolina Campus Map Contact Us Careers Departments A – Z Ethics and Integrity For the Media Libraries People Directory Privacy Statement UNC Student Stores The Well Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Pinterest © 2021 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill