Over the past year or so, conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) have ranged from doomsday prophecies to predictions of a miraculous new way of working. Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi is somewhat frustrated with both. He has spent his career researching the … Read more

Alena (Principato) Manjuck (MSLS ’17) has loved libraries since childhood. As a library page in her teen years, she realized that working in a library could be a career—and her path was set. Her interest in working in libraries took … Read more

Receiving the SILS Distinguished Alumni Award might seem like a suitable capstone to Anne Cooper Moore’s 40-year library career. After all, she retired from her position as dean of the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte in December 2023. … Read more

Bernice Meja is a student in the master’s in information science program who hopes to help create systems that improve lives.

Overview The Master’s in Professional Science in Biomedical and Health Informatics is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students for the rapidly growing field of health informatics. Students will learn from faculty and scholars from several top-ranked academic units at UNC, … Read more

Overview The Master of Professional Science (MPS) in Digital Curation and Management program provides the knowledge and experiences to help you launch a new career or advance to a new level in a wide range of businesses and organizations in … Read more

Overview The M.S. in Information Science (MSIS) program at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) prepares students to become leaders in the design, implementation, evaluation, and administration of information systems. The program guides students toward expertise in … Read more

Overview Prepare for a prestigious career as a leader in library and information science. For over 90 years, we’ve helped students develop superior skills for this dynamic and changing field. Learn how to collect, organize, store, and retrieve the world’s … Read more

Amy Vincent is a Master of Science in Library Science major at the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS). Vincent’s previous background teaching elementary school brought her to SILS, where she is pursuing her passion to become a … Read more

Drew Robinson is a Master of Science in Information Science major at the UNC School of Information and Library Science. As an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Robinson received a minor in information science while … Read more