Apologies for cross-posing. Please note the application deadline is
January 5.
Information in Society fellowships available
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is recruiting for new
graduate education opportunities in the Information in Society
specialization. Information in Society is an IMLS funded initiative and
part of a broader initiative to enrich our school's research focus on
the societal impacts of information and information technologies:
http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/programs/phd/infosociety.
About the Program: We received a preparing future faculty grant from
the Institute of Museum and Library Services to enhance and expand our
doctoral studies in information in society, including policy, economic
and historical dimensions. Our goal is to make visible, and draw
together, key elements of the fragmented cross-disciplinary academic
context within which the study of Information in Society is now
occurring. Graduates of this specialization will be well prepared to
teach the next generation of library leaders for whom it will be
necessary to acquire a broad range of knowledge about the increasingly
complex issues of our informationalized society and to operate at high
levels of policy formulation. We have also instituted a speaker series
to further enrich the curricular aspects of this specialization.
The awards will offer:
• Grant-funded fellowship support for the first year of study and
research and/or teaching assistantship appointments in subsequent years
• Experience in organizing Information in Society guest lectures.
• Generous support for conference-related activities.
Coursework: In addition to standard doctoral program requirements,
first semester fellows must also take 590 IS, the Information in
Society seminar. Drawing on classic and cutting-edge research on the
system of information provision, this course provides conceptual
foundations for historical, political-economic and policy analysis of
information institutions and infrastructures.
Admissions Information: Awards are competitive and will be assigned to
the most qualified applicants after admission to the GSLIS Ph.D.
program. Information about the admissions process is available online
at http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/programs/phd. Note the
application deadline for study beginning fall semester 2011 is January
5, 2011. For questions about Ph.D. admissions contact the GSLIS
Admissions Office at (800) 982-0914.
For more specific information on the Information in Society
Concentration, please contact Professor and Associate Dean Linda Smith
at (217) 333-7742 or [log in to unmask].