On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Kathy Edwards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Wow. The name change is a watershed. We live in interesting times.

Kathy Edwards
Emery A. Gunnin Architecture Library
Clemson University
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Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 1:00 PM
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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. Kirkwood Ave.
> Suite 203
> Bloomington, IN
> 47408-4003
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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>
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>
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>
>
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>
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> IU Communications
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