Fifty Years of the Information School.

The School has recently been honoured with a Special Issue of Library Trends to commemorate our 50th year leading the field of Information Science.

This follows the Special Issue of the Journal of Information Science which was published earlier this year.

Throughout the last 50 years we have achieved considerable success in terms of research, notably attaining the highest level in each of the national research assessments since the 1980s as well as pioneering innovative teaching programmes.

Founded in 1963 as the Postgraduate School of Librarianship, it was only the second University school of its kind in the UK.  In 1967 the School changed its name to the Postgraduate School of Librarianship Information Science, and again in 1981 to the Department of Information Studies. Three years ago in 2010 the name changed to the current Information School, following our joining the international iSchools movement.

You can find out more about the School since its founding on our history page.

To celebrate the milestone we’re planning a range of events for everyone connected with the School and we hope you’ll be able to join in.  Please see the table below for more details.   Also watch out for virtual events in Second Life and our regular seminar series.

Month	Date	Event	More info
January	Friday 11th	PGT graduation ceremony and reception	Our 2012 PGT graduates celebrate as they receive their degrees with colleagues and guests.
February	Out now	Special Information School Anniversary issue of the Journal of Information Science, dedicated entirely to the work of Information School staff	Celebrating 50 years: Information Science at the University of Sheffield
April	11th	Question Time Event: "Past and Future"	An event for all our students with an expert panel of past and current colleagues giving you a chance to ask anything about the Information field but particularly where it has come from and where it is going.
June	TBC	Celebration of Information Behaviour and Information Literacy in the School.	Hosted by the Centre for Information Literacy Research
	Out now	Special Information School Anniversary issue of Library Trends, dedicated entirely to the work of Information School staff	Project MUSE - Library Trends-Volume 61
July	Thursday 25th	"iFutures", the Information School Doctoral Conference	Postgraduate Research students from around the UK and beyond visit the School to present their work.  See iFutures website for more details.
September	Monday 16th	Information School Staff Symposium. A one-day mini-conference of School staff presenting their research.	Come and find out more about the research that we do.
	Friday 27th, 1pm until 5pm	Birthday celebration	Our flagship birthday celebration for anyone connected with the School, past and present.  Keynote address by Susan Dumais, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research.