1. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, SILS
Opportunities in Information Science: Bringing Technology, People, and Information Together
Barbara Wildemuth,
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, SILS
J. Bert Purvis,
SILS Student
Welcome
Introduce Correnthia and Bert
Introduce myself
Goals: To provide overview of some of the opportunities in information science as a future field of study and a future career
Tapping the vast reservoir of human knowledge
--Louis Round Wilson, founder, 1931

2. What is information science?
Content
Content
People
Technology
Working together
People
Technology
Purpose of the IS major: To develop knowledge and skills related to the cognitive, social, technological and organizational roles of information in all its forms
Three foundations/pillars:
Content: the substance of the information being created, communicated, stored, and/or transformed
People who interact with the content; they may be creators of information, recipients of information, or intermediaries in the communication process
Technology used to support the creation, communication, storage, or transformation of the content.
They need to WORK TOGETHER to be effective
Information science helps us understand how to make all three components work together

3. Who is an information scientist?
A web site designer
An information architect
A systems analyst
A competitive intelligence analyst
A librarian
A computer support professional

4. How do I become an information scientist?
Welcome to

5. BSIS Requirements
INLS 40, Retrieving and Analyzing Information (prerequisite)
INLS 50, Tools for Information Literacy
INLS 55, Information Use for Organizational Effectiveness
INLS 60, Information Systems Analysis and Design
INLS 156, Introduction to Database
INLS 92, Emerging Topics in Information Science
Four electives in information science

6. Additional Opportunities
IS Internship (INLS 91)
Honors Program (INLS 98/99)
May enroll in an internship as an elective
Must be involved in work related to information science –
applying what you learn in the classroom
Must be supervised by an information professional at the work site
Work with faculty supervisor to connect classroom and work site
Attend seminars with others participating in an internship
If you are academically qualified, you can participate in the honors program
as a senior
Two-semester series
First semester: research methods course,
used to develop proposal for thesis
Second semester: conduct research and write an honors thesis

7. BSIS Graduates Where Doing what Accenture NORTEL Bank of America
Progress Energy
Doing what
IT analyst
Network support specialist
Information architect
Database administrator
Web editor
Commencement, May 2004

8. Minor in Information Systems
INLS 40, Retrieving and Analyzing Information (prerequisite)
INLS 50, Tools for Information Literacy
INLS 60, Information Systems Analysis and Design
INLS 156, Introduction to Database
One elective in information science
Information systems is a subset of information science
Overview/purpose of the minor: To develop knowledge and skills related to the use and design of information systems
Two components
Information fluency: to understand what information is available
that is pertinent to major field of study
How to access that information
How to evaluate and use that information
Computer fluency: to understand the tools available for
finding and manipulating the information available
Tools for understanding information
Tools for displaying/distributing information
These two types of literacy augment education in the major area

9. The Student’s Perspective
J. Bert Purvis

10. Questions? More information available at: www.ils.unc.edu Contact:
Barbara Wildemuth or
Correnthia Hill