Welcome to SILS@75!

The School of Information and Library Science is celebrating its 75th anniversary beginning fall, 2006. The school was started by Dr. Louis Round Wilson in 1931 with a class of 37 students and five faculty members. Since its beginning, the school has grown in its numbers and programs and it has repeatedly been ranked number one in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. It has sent out 4,350 trained information specialists and librarians "to tap the vast reservoir of human knowledge." Throughout, SILS' development has been guided by the ideas of excellence that are the tradition of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Symposia and special events will be scheduled throughout the anniversary year. Please watch the "events" section for upcoming news about scheduled dates and attend as many as you can!

Current and previous deans of the School cut the 75th anniversary cake. From left to right, Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, dean of SILS; Dr. Joanne Gard Marshall, dean from 1999 to 2004; Dr. Barbara Moran, dean from 1990 to 1999; Dr. Evelyn Daniel, dean from 1985 to 1990; and Dr. Raymond Carpenter, Jr. acting dean from 1970 to 1972. (photo by Dan Sears)