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Type | Public Professional School |
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Established | 1928 |
Dean | Javed Mostafa |
Academic staff | 56 (Full-time and Adjunct) |
Students | 565 |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | iSchool Caucus American Library Association |
Website | www.ischool.utoronto.ca |
The Faculty of Information (or the iSchool at the University of Toronto) is an undergraduate and graduate school that offers the following programs: a Bachelor of Information (BI), a Master of Information (MI), a Master of Museum Studies (MMSt), and a PhD in information studies, as well as diploma courses. As a member of the iSchool movement,[1] the Faculty of Information takes an interdisciplinary approach to information studies, building on its traditional strengths in library and information science, complemented by research and teaching in archives, museum studies, user experience, information systems and design, critical information studies, culture and technology, knowledge management, digital humanities, book history, data science, and other related fields. It is located on the St. George Campus, in the Claude Bissell building at 140 St. George Street, which is attached to Robarts Library and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.