SLIS Students

SLIS students are a dynamic and diverse group. Students come to SLIS with degrees from nearly every academic discipline: music to biochemistry, French to math, art history to education. Every major is welcome. Read through the SLIS website to learn ways to be involved in the school. The more you know, the better you will understand your options. Contact the SLIS Office or any of the faculty with questions.

SLIS Student Organizations

• American Library Association (ALA) - Student Chapter
  Sponsors: Courtney Greene (crgreene@indiana.edu) and Staša Milojević
  ALA general site
• American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) - Student Chapter
  Sponsor: Howard Rosenbaum
  ASIST general site
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - Student Chapter
  Sponsor: Hamid Ekbia
  ACM general site
• Children's and Young Adult (C-YA) Services Organization - Student Group
  Sponsor: Noriko Hara
  Similar National Association: ALSC
• Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) - Student Chapter
  Sponsor: Ron Day
  PLG general site
• Society of American Archivists (SAA) - Student Chapter
  Sponsor: Dina Kellams (dmkellam@indiana.edu)
  SAA general site
• Special Libraries Association (SLA) - Student Group
  Sponsor: Brian Winterman
  SLA general site
• Society of Art Librarianship Students
  Sponsors: Erika Dowell (edowell@indiana.edu) and Emilee Mathews (mathewse@indiana.edu)
  Similar National Association: ARLIS/NA
• Students of Music Librarianship Group
  Sponsor: Charles Peters (hpeters@indiana.edu)
  Similar National Association: MLA

Student organizations provide networking, scholarship, conference, and job placement information. (SLIS Student Groups receive funding support from the School through Sarah Burton, Director of Finance.)

In addition to the SLIS student chapters of professional associations, Indiana University has a Graduate and Professional Student Organization (GPSO). Students may also participate in a number of other professional groups.