Outreach

GSLIS is unique among LIS schools in having a number of permanent units and services that integrate research, teaching, and public engagement. Many of the following provide students with real-world professional opportunities through graduate assistantships, practica, independent study, and volunteer projects.

Center for Children's Books

The Center for Children's Books, accompanied by its review journal, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, was founded in 1945. The Center contains an examination collection of more than 16,000 books for and about children and young adults that represents some of the finest modern literature published for young people in the country. In addition, the collection includes over 800 professional and reference books on children's literature. The Center's Bulletin is one of the most prestigious critical review journals of literature for children and young adults.

Community Informatics Initiative

The Community Informatics Initiative (CII) works with people to develop information and communication technologies to achieve their goals. It fosters collaborations across campus, local, national and international communities. Together, we build innovative community networks, community technology centers, software, and library services.

GSLIS Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship

the GSLIS Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship, which conducts research on the use and impacts of information resources and tools in scientific and scholarly inquiry.

LIS Access Midwest Program (LAMP)

LAMP is a regional network of library and information science schools dedicated to promoting careers within the field by targeting promising undergraduate students at its member institutions to participate in activities and events designed to increase their awareness of the profession and to provide support for subsequent graduate studies in LIS.

Communications Office

The Communications Office serves as the School's strategic communications and marketing unit. The breadth of its activities center around advancing the mission of the School through print and electronic media and the GSLIS Web site. In addition to preparing promotional materials and newsletters for GSLIS, the office produces two high-quality publications, Library Trends and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

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