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USF School of Information MLIS Program Ranks in Top 50 U.S. Library and Information Studies Graduate Programs
The School of Information is proud to announce that our M.A. in Library and Information Science program was ranked as the 27th best Library and Information Studies program by U.S. News & World Report!
April 10, 2024iSchool News
USF plans to launch college focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and computing
The goal of creating the new college positions the Tampa Bay region and state of Florida as a national leader in the rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and computing. USF is the first university in Florida and among the first in the nation to announce plans to create a college dedicated to AI and cybersecurity.
March 21, 2024iSchool News
A Remarka-Bull Heritage Month: Black History Resources & Collections
In 1976 President Gerald Ford officially recognized February as Black History Month. Ford urged the public to, “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” In keeping with that tradition, as information science students, here is a list of some of the amazing resources and collections the USF Library offers that center on Black histories and stories!
February 1, 2024iSchool News
School of Information faculty and graduate develop statewide cyber intelligence assessment for Florida's critical infrastructure
School of Information faculty and alumnus were tapped by Cyber Florida to provide threat/intelligence risk assessment for Florida’s critical infrastructure.
November 16, 2023iSchool News
Dr. Amelia Anderson Co-authors "Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities"
Check out the recent publication from Dr. Amelia Anderson that was featured as a "most read" article.
November 9, 2023iSchool News
Dr. Natalie Taylor to Serve Second Term as Part of ALISE DDC Council
Dr. Natalie Taylor secures a second term as Co-Chair for the ALISE Deans, Directors, and Chairs Council.
November 1, 2023iSchool News
Dr. Karen Kaufmann Co-Authors New Article "Measuring outcomes: Information literacy instruction assessment in a cross-institutional study"
Dr. Karen Kaufmann, in collaboration with her peers, has co-authored an article focused on assessing the influence of information literacy in higher education.
October 11, 2023iSchool News
USF School of Information at DEFCON 31
Dr. "Scuba" Steve Gary attended DEFCON 31, the world's largest hacker conference. He attends every year to keep abreast of the latest innovations in the hacker community. "The more we know about the threats and vulnerabilities in cyberspace, the more we know how to reduce the threats, and prevent or mitigate exploitation (hacking) of those vulnerabilities."
August 21, 2023iSchool News
Intelligence Studies Graduate Student Alexandra Sosa Mora Attends IC-CAE 2023 Summer Seminar
The Intelligence Community College of Academic Excellence (IC-CAE) conducts every year a weeklong seminar in Washington DC, where students are exposed to the different facets of the intelligence community (IC), visit different IC agencies, attend forums, speak with recruiters and get to participate in a completely immersive analytic simulation that is presented to intelligence community professionals at the end of the week in the National Intelligence University (NIU).
August 15, 2023iSchool News
Dr. Christina Eldredge Publishes Research on "Foundational Domains and Competencies for Baccalaureate Health Informatics Education"
We caught up with Dr. Christina Eldredge in our recently published Fall 2023 Newsletter about her efforts in Health Informatics Education. In that publication she shared her efforts serving on committees to develop accreditation standards for both graduate and undergraduate level health informatics programs.
August 10, 2023iSchool News
Dr. Ly Dinh Recent Research Article: "Are We Projecting Gender Biases to Ungendered Things? Differences in Referring to Female Versus Male Named Hurricanes in 33 Years of News Coverage"
Hurricanes are ungendered phenomena that are ascribed with gendered names. Dr. Ly Dinh and collegues examined if news information about the hurricanes are presented using gendered language.
July 25, 2023iSchool News
USF SI Student Erika Cooley Selected as Library of Congress Junior Fellow
Erika is currently pursuing an MLIS degree at USF while interning for the Library of Congress at the National Audio Visual Conservation Center as part of the Junior Fellows program. She will be creating metadata for the Universal Music Group collection.
May 25, 2023iSchool News