UBC SLAIS Becomes the School of Information

January 2, 2020

The University of British Columbia today announced that the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) has officially changed its name to School of Information. It will continue to use iSchool as the informal shortened form.

We are officially the School of Information!

We are proud to announce that, effective January 1st 2020, the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia has officially changed its name to School of Information, using “iSchool” as an informal shortened form.

This name change is the logical conclusion of more than a decade of evolution of the School’s scope and orientation, mirroring broader changes within the disciplinary areas of library, archival and information studies.

“We are thrilled to have a succinct and descriptive name that reflects the current nature of our School’s research and teaching commitments and the evolution of the information professions,” Luanne Freund, Director of the School of Information.

(Via UBC School of Information)