About

The School of Information Studies, within the Faculty of Education, is the pioneer school of its kind in Canada, offering programs at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec since 1897. Our professional programs, including our Masters programs, have been ‎continuously accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) since 1927.

At the School, we seek to find better ways to organize, access, disseminate, use, and preserve information and recorded knowledge through the study of information-related phenomena.

Among other research initiatives, the School is home to the Accessible Computing Technology (ACT) Research Group Lab, the Data Mining & Security (DMaS) Lab, and the Multimodal Interaction Lab (MIL).

Our programs educate information professionals who make a difference to the management and design of information resources, services, and systems. We offer four academic and professional programs: a Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS) (-2014)/Master of Information Studies (MISt) (2014-) a PhD in Information Studies, and a post-MLIS/MISt Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Library & Information Studies. Inheriting rich traditions of service from librarianship, the School recognizes innovation by integrating new ‎options into our programs to educate new types of information professionals. 

As part of the Faculty of Education, SIS offers our students the advantages of a small ‎autonomous unit with all the facilities and administrative support of a large and vibrant ‎university faculty.‎