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Wow. The name change is a watershed. We live in interesting times. Kathy Edwards Emery A. Gunnin Architecture Library Clemson University ________________________________________ From: ARLIS/NA List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joan Benedetti [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 1:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARLIS-L] Fw: IU trustees approve merger of schools of informatics, library and information science Hi--FYI. This came through on the I.U. alumni list. --Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debora Shaw" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 12:13 PM Subject: IU trustees approve merger of schools of informatics, library and information science > We are pleased to report that the Indiana University Board of Trustees has > approved merging the university's two iSchools, with the effective date of > July 1, 2013. > > Bobby Schnabel, Dean, School of Informatics and Computing > Ralf Shaw, Dean, School of Library and Information Science > > > > Indiana University > IU News Room > News Release > > Last modified: Friday, October 12, 2012 > > IU TRUSTEES APPROVE MERGER OF SCHOOLS OF INFORMATICS, LIBRARY SCIENCE > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > Oct. 12, 2012 > > BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Board of Trustees has approved > the merger of the university's School of Informatics and School of Library > and Information Science into a single school to be called the IU School of > Informatics and Computing. > > SOIC Deans > Indiana University School of Library and Information Sciences Dean Debora > Shaw and School of Informatics and Computing Dean Bobby Schnabel said the > merger would provide new and significant opportunities for expanding > research and education. > > The change will affect schools at both the Bloomington and Indiana > University-Purdue University Indianapolis campuses and is being heralded > by > IU President Michael A. McRobbie and administrators at both schools as an > opportunity to create a single school of expanded breadth, size and > quality > that addresses the rapid evolution of informatics, computing and > libraries. > > "The study of information and computation has become more closely linked > and > important than ever," McRobbie said. "Combining these two high-quality, > highly ranked schools will create a single unit that can compete more > effectively with the best schools in the world in this area. > > "The new school will also create excellent opportunities for new > initiatives > that are being pursued immediately, including a new cutting-edge program > in > big data science, an initiative in network science, strengthened > collaborations and emphasis in health informatics, and the revitalization > of > IU's leadership role in social informatics." > > Demand for trained professionals in computing and informatics is expected > to > continue, and the need for librarians and information professionals is > shifting to graduates with skills in digital curation and preservation, > e-science and user-systems interaction, emphasizing the importance of a > strong technological base, McRobbie noted. > > "By placing these programs in a combined culture where rapid change is > expected to be the norm, IU is provided with an excellent opportunity to > contribute in a broader sphere at the confluence of information and > computing," he said. "Deans (Bobby) Schnabel and (Debora) Shaw are to be > congratulated on developing an excellent proposal after an extensive > process > of discussion and consideration, and in particular for obtaining such > enthusiastic support of an overwhelming number of faculty." > > With the only school in the U.S., and most likely the world, that educates > and conducts research in everything from computer science and > cybersecurity > to network science and large-scale data, the new school is expected to > broaden perspectives that will ultimately benefit students, faculty and > future users of information technology and libraries. > > Informatics' Schnabel and library and information science's Shaw agreed > that > new and significant opportunities exist for expanding collaborations and > for > bringing new and expanded curricula to undergraduate and graduate > students. > > "A myriad of important current and emerging areas stand to benefit from > the > combined school's expertise in information and computing, enhancing IU's > ability to offer undergraduate and graduate education and to conduct > leading-edge research," Schnabel said. "To date, these interactions have > been primarily focused on research, but significant opportunities exist > for > expanding these collaborations to the benefit of all students." > > Increased interaction in the areas of big data science, health > informatics, > human computer interaction, media sciences, network science and social > informatics is expected, Schnabel and Shaw said, and new initiatives are > already being anticipated, including a new curricular emphasis in data > science, a university-wide institute in network science, and a focus on > expanding the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, already a joint > venture between the two schools > > "Merging the two schools helps address issues of the pace of change in > information and communication technologies," Shaw said. "It also helps > prepare students in our graduate-level information and library science > programs for careers that increasingly require technical skills and > sophisticated understanding of the effective uses of technology." > > The School of Library and Information Science is consistently among the > top > 10 (seventh in the most recent rankings) in the U.S. News and World Report > rankings, and an outside analysis of information and library science > journals found IU second, behind Harvard University, in the impact of its > publications. The Bloomington and IUPUI campuses combined have 455 > graduate > students and 26 faculty members this fall; the school does not have an > undergraduate program. > > The School of Informatics, the first of its kind in the country, was > founded > as a core school in 2000 and introduced the nation's first Ph.D. in > informatics. The school, which has 1,490 undergraduate students and 892 > graduate students this fall at both campuses, is an international research > leader in areas including bioinformatics, complex networks and systems, > cyber-infrastructure, data and search, human-computer interaction, > networks > and systems, programming languages and security and privacy. It has 110 > faculty members. > > For more information, please contact Steve Chaplin, IU Communications, at > 812-856-1896 or [log in to unmask] > > 530 E. 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