Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Dalhousie University. Faculty of Management. School of Library and Information Studies (1987-2005)
- Dalhousie University. Faculty of Management Studies. School of Library and Information Studies (1984-1987)
- Dalhousie University. Faculty of Administrative Studies. School of Library Service (1975-1984)
- Dalhousie University. Faculty of Graduate Studies. School of Library Service (1969-1975)
- Dalhousie University. Faculty of Graduate Studies. School of Library Service (1969-1975)
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The School for Information Management was established in 1969 as the School of Library Service, and it awarded its first Master of Library Service (MLS) degrees in May 1971. Originally administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, the school became affiliated with the Faculty of Administrative Studies in 1975, which became the Faculty of Management Studies in 1984, and later simply the Faculty of Management.
Between 1979-1985 the library services curriculum was subject to ongoing revision, and in 1987 the school was renamed the School of Library and Information Studies. In 2005 it changed names again and became the School of Information Management, moving out of its longtime home on the third floor of the Killam Library to new digs in the Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building. It continued to offer a Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree, which in 2019 became a Master of Information (MI). In 2008 the school launched a graduate program for mid-career professionals leading to a Master of Information Management (MIM). The school has been continuously accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) since 1971.