Library studies at the school of information

Library and Information Studies (LIS) remains an integral part of the newly chartered School of Information at the University of Michigan. Forging student, community‐based, and foundation partnerships, LIS faculty are helping to re‐define the role of information professionals in their research, teaching and services. Faculty are defining and practicing a new integrated discipline arising from the interactions among information, technology, and human systems. In collaboration with colleagues and students from disciplines including archives and records management, human computer interaction, public policy, psychology, computer science, and economics, LIS faculty are working to design a broad‐based curriculum and a common set of foundations courses for all masters students in the program. In this article, Frost, an LIS faculty member who has been with the school for over 20 years, reflects on how teaching and research in cataloging and organization of information have been revitalized through project‐based learning, collaboration with students and faculty from computer science and the arts, and community service to broaden the reach of cultural heritage materials.