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• School of Information Studies
• 3661 Peel Street
• Montreal QC H3A 1X1

• Telephone: 514-398-4204
• Fax: 514-398-7193
• Email: sis [at] mcgill.ca
• Website: www.mcgill.ca/sis

The School of Information Studies (SIS) is a dynamic teaching and research unit engaged in the education of information professionals and scholars. The School educates individuals who make a difference in the management and design of information resources, services, and systems, finding better ways to manage, organize, access, disseminate, use, and preserve information and recorded knowledge from a human-centred perspective. As the pioneer school of its kind in Canada, SIS has been offering programs at McGill since 1897, with continuous accreditation by the American Library Association (A.L.A.) since 1929.

The School of Information Studies offers four programs at the graduate level:

• Master of Information Studies (M.I.St.)
• Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies
• Graduate Certificate in Library and Information Studies
• Ph.D. in Information Studies

The 48-credit Master of Information Studies (M.I.St.) offers students two program pathways: a course-based stream and a research project stream. The M.I.St. degree, accredited by the A.L.A., prepares graduates to work as information professionals in a wide range of information environments or to pursue further research and academic studies in library and information studies.

The 30-credit Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies and 15-credit Graduate Certificate in Library and Information Studies are designed for professional librarians and information specialists holding a master’s degree from an A.L.A.-accredited program to update, specialize, and redirect their careers for advanced responsibilities.

The Ph.D. in Information Studies program provides an opportunity for candidates to undertake interdisciplinary research in information studies at the doctoral level.

Research at the School is conducted in the broad area of human-information interaction (HII), which includes three research areas: human-computer interaction, information behaviour and services, and information and knowledge management, with projects in areas such as: data mining, digital curation, information classification, information preservation, knowledge management, multisensory information, and user experience.

For further information concerning programs, requirements, and courses, consult the School's website, or the School of Information Studies section of the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies eCalendar.