Fifty Years of the Information School.
It is our great pleasure to let you know that the Information School is fifty years old this year.
Founded in 1963 as the Postgraduate School of Librarianship, we were only the second University school of our kind in the UK. Later we changed our name to the Postgraduate School of Librarianship and Information Science, and later still to the Department of Information Studies. Three years ago we became the Information School.
From humble beginnings we have achieved continued success, leading the way in the information field: in research, we have attained the highest level in every national research assessment and conducting world-leading research on a range of information-related topics; and in teaching, we have pioneered innovative teaching programmes and trained high calibre graduates.
We would like to share our celebrations with you.
You are warmly invited to attend on Friday 27th September 2013 to help us commemorate this milestone and look forward to our next half a century leading the Information field.
We have planned this afternoon event to be fun and enjoyable, be a unique opportunity to reacquaint with fellow alumni, network and to provide food for thought, too, with a keynote address and lively and interesting debate.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the afternoon and we finish with a drinks reception.
We hope you will be able to attend. Please see the programme below:
Location: Mappin Hall, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Sheffield, UK.
| 12:30 | Lunch and welcome |
| 13:30 | Introductions |
| 14:00 | Keynote address: “Information Science drives the 21st century Industrial Revolution” Tim Gollins, Head of Digital Preservation, The National Archives, UK |
| 15:00 | Refreshments |
| 15:30 | Panel discussion with external guests including: Martin White, Managing Director, Intranet Focus Ltd Professor Edie Rasmussen, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of British Colombia |
| 16:30 | Drinks reception and close |
Attendance is free. We hope you can make it.
If you would like to attend, please book your place by contacting Tim Nadin at t.nadin@sheffield.ac.uk.
You can also find out more about our other anniversary events.