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Interested in Health Informatics? Meet the President of the Student Health Informatics Club at the iSchool
Meet Anya Wong, a Senior majoring in Health Sciences with a concentration in Health Information Technology and minoring in Public Health.
May 17, 2024iSchool News

MLIS Student, Melissa Rice, Highlighted by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Region 4
Melissa Rice, a student of our Master of Arts in Library and Information Science, as well as a graduate assistant has recently received her Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certificate.
May 14, 2024iSchool News

Dean of the USF Libraries and School of Information Graduate, Todd Chavez, on The Strategic Value of Libraries
Dean of the USF Libraries and School of Information Graduate, Todd Chavez, joined the forum “The Strategic Value of Libraries” on May 9th, 2024.
May 13, 2024iSchool News

Miami-Dade Public Library System Named as FLA's Library of the Year
Adjunct Professor for the School of Information and Director for the Miami-Dade Public Library System, Ray Baker and team have been awarded Library of the Year by FLA!
May 10, 2024iSchool News

Dr. Steven Walczak Named an Inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS
Professor Steven Walczak, Ph.D. is a tenured Professor in the School of Information in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. We are thrilled to announce that he has been named an inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS.
May 9, 2024iSchool News

Dr. Ly Dinh Authors Article Featured at Quantitative Science Studies
Dr. Ly Dinh, Assistant Professor at USF's iSchool, recently published an article featured at Quantitative Science Studies.
April 30, 2024iSchool News

MLIS Student Attends Children’s Book Festival as a Student Ambassador
Kristina Seiden, a student in our Master of Library and Information Science program, recently had the opportunity to attend the 2024 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival as a Student Ambassador. Below, she highlights the festival’s mission, sessions provided to attendees, and her experience as a Student Ambassador.
April 25, 2024iSchool News

USF School of Information to Host Alumni Reception at 2024 FLA Conference
The School of Information is excited to announce that we will be back at the Florida Library Association Conference this year. We will be in Orlando hosting an Alumni Reception on May 15th 5:30pm-7:00pm.
April 18, 2024Alumni News, iSchool News

USF School of Information MLIS Program Ranks in Top 50 U.S. Library and Information Studies Graduate Programs
The School of Information is proud to announce that our M.A. in Library and Information Science program was ranked as the 27th best Library and Information Studies program by U.S. News & World Report!
April 10, 2024iSchool News

MLIS Alumna Jennifer Shipley Chosen for the 2024 BETA Award
Jennifer Shipley is a Library Operations Manager for the Miami-Dade Public Library System. She was awarded the 2024 Best Emerging Technology Application (BETA) Award in recognition of a technology application that directly benefits library users.
April 8, 2024Alumni News, Honors and Awards

City of North Miami Library Tot Lot Playground Named After Distinguished Alumna Lucia Martinez Gonzalez
The City of North Miami has named a playground next to the North Miami Public Library after Lucia Martinez Gonzalez, a School of Information distinguished aluma who graduated from the MA in Library and Information Science in 1988.
April 3, 2024Alumni News

USF plans to launch college focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and computing
The goal of creating the new college positions the Tampa Bay region and state of Florida as a national leader in the rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and computing. USF is the first university in Florida and among the first in the nation to announce plans to create a college dedicated to AI and cybersecurity.
March 21, 2024iSchool News