ALA Accredited
The MI has been awarded full reaccreditation through fall 2025 from the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation.
Maintaining the program’s long held status.
The design of the Master of Information (MI) program engages students from a wide variety of professional and academic contexts to focus on information: its creation, organization, classification, retrieval, preservation, management and use. Built upon the values and foundations of Library and Information Science, the MI program focuses on the integral relationships between people, information and technology.
The mission of the Master of Information program is to enable you to provide professional expertise, leadership, and innovation across diverse information and technological landscapes. People-focused, information technology-intensive, data-driven, and career-oriented, our Master of Information is your gateway to making a significant contribution to organizational leadership, information management, community, and social development.
The MI program offers areas of concentration built around your career goals.
Graduates of Rutgers’ MI program will be able to:
SC&I’s MI is one of the most respected programs of its kind and has a strong network of alumni professionals.
MI students have an opportunity to study abroad at Wroxton College for summer 2023.
The MI has been awarded full reaccreditation through fall 2025 from the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation.
Maintaining the program’s long held status.
SC&I’s MI program currently ranks:
#6 overall program nationally
#2 for school library media
#6 for digital librarianship
#3 for services for children and youth
#10 for information systems
The iSchools organization was founded in 2005 by a collective of information schools dedicated to advancing the information field in the 21st Century.
SC&I belongs to the iCaucus, the consortium’s governing group.
Jay L. Colbert: Library Director at the Longy School of Music of Bard College – Editorial Board for Homosaurus
Tawfiq Ammari: Assistant Professor of LIS at SC&I
Shagun Jhaver: Assistant Professor of LIS at SC&I
Kiran Garimella: Assistant Professor of LIS at SC&I
Library & Information Science Research Committee Symposium: Rethinking the Future: People-centered Information and Communication Practices. The event was organized by the Department of Library and Information Science Assistant Research Development committee, the event was headed by Assistant Professor Britt Paris; Associate Professor Charles Senteio; and Assistant Professors E.E. Lawrence and Kiran Garimella.
"This year's Colloquium speaker series lineup and SCARLA post-graduate event featured topics ranging from cataloging to social media platform studies to mis- and disinformation, to career pathways in the first five years. These guest speaker and networking events are integral to our students' learning and professional development, enriching their graduate experience by showcasing the research and academic achievements of SC&I LIS faculty, connecting students with renowned LIS leaders, and facilitating partnerships with organizations like Beta Phi Mu. We are incredibly grateful to our speakers for their pivotal contributions to our MI student's academic experience. "
Connie Pascal, Ph.D., Lecturer III - Library and Information Science Department