The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) is the new iSchool at UBC – a milestone that coincides with the School’s 50th anniversary in 2011.
UBC’s School of Librarianship opened its doors in 1961 to fewer than 30 students, offering Western Canada’s only post-baccalaureate Bachelor of Library Science. The School welcomed 90 new students every year, and grew steadily to become the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. Today, with nearly 275 students, SLAIS is the largest graduate school or department within the Faculty of Arts, offering master’s degrees in library and information studies, archival studies, and children’s literature and a growing Ph.D. program.
This year SLAIS also joined iSchools, an international consortium of institutions with a common interest in the relationship between information, people and technology. This acceptance recognizes SLAIS’s contribution to research and teaching, including substantial sponsored research, engagement with preparing future researchers, and commitment to the interests and progress of the information field.
For more information, visit www.slais.ubc.ca/about/slais-50.htm.
