The School of Library and Information Science (or SLIS) at Simmons University is a part of COCIS, the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences. The college includes the business school, the computer science department, and the library school.
SLIS has three campuses:
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Boston (main campus)
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South Hadley and Amherst, MA (SLIS West)
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Online (everywhere!)
Simmons’ School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) has been around for over 100 years and boasts one of the largest alumni networks in the profession (perhaps you are one of them!). Our nationally accredited program¹, ranked 11th by U.S. News & World Report, is dedicated to preparing its students to inspired service, advocacy, and leadership in the field. You can read more about SLIS’ mission and vision here.
While at SLIS, students learn how to apply standards; communicate to their 
audiences; demonstrate technological aptitude; analyze and research; develop outreach initiatives for diverse communities; build leadership skills; and understand professional ethics and values. You can read more about SLIS’ student learning outcomes here.
Curricular field experiences award students the opportunity to apply the theory from their course work into practice in an LIS environment under professional supervision. With diverse course offerings, from music librarianship to collection maintenance, our students are prepared to take on the challenges of “the real world.” Interested in seeing our full course offerings? Click here.
Within SLIS, students can pursue graduate degrees and certificates. Students can choose to focus on archives management, cultural heritage informatics (CHI), information sciences & technology (IS&T), children’s librarianship, school librarianship, and general library science studies (often referred to as “DYO” — design your own).
To learn more about the library program, click here.
To learn more about the archives program, click here.
To learn more about the cultural heritage program, click here.