Pratt-SILS     School of Information and Library Science
      144 West 14th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10011
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Interested in public, children's or young adult librarianship -  explore our new
LEO program.
Programs
Project M-LEAD
SILS Fellows 
CCI - Centre for Cultural Informatics
Rare Books & Special Collections
LEO- Literacy Education & Outreach
Archives Certificate
Dual-Degree with History of Art 
International Programs: Florence & London
Library Media Specialist
Practicum
Museum Libraries Certificate
WISE - World Information - Society and Environments
NYPL, HSSL Collections Courses
GATEWAI  
This IMLS grant  is now completed - an evalution report is in progress.  We are deeply grateful to the IMLS for its support.
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Contact SILS: 212-647-7682 infosils@pratt.edu
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(800) 331-0834 or
 (718) 636-3669
Graduate Bulletin for 2007-2008 - see SILS  on pages  53-59.
information sheds light on doing and knowing
Information sheds light on knowing and doing - 
iDEA school
information Design, Education & Art
In our global information society, culture, communication & technology are at the heart of library & information science
SILS Cyberspace - 6th fl.
Distinguished as the only ALA-accredited graduate school of information and library science based in Manhattan, and the oldest LIS school in North America, Pratt-SILS was established in 1890 and has been continuously accredited since 1923, when accreditation was first introduced to the field.
Pratt-SILS 14th St. NYC

LOCATED AT 144 W. 14TH St. - MANHATTAN IS OUR CAMPUS - Harnessing digital technology, we teach students to design a more usable and understandable world connecting people, information, ideas and meaning. The Master of Science in Library & Information Science prepares students as professionals in this exciting and challenging field. 
SIKS Knowledge Organization Class - Prof. Bartow
Building upon Pratt's national reputation as a leading school in art and design, we bring creativity and innovation to LIS education through our focus on Cultural Informatics and World Information, Society & Environments (WISE).

A truly interdisciplinary field, information science (IS) makes digital technology and computing usable and useful to people and guides the design of systems that meet people’s information needs and benefit the societies and cultures in which they live and work.

IS principles define the information professions and underlie the fields of knowledge organization, information, architecture, usability and interaction design and importantly, form the basis for research and development in the digital world of the Internet, Web, personal digital assistants and the global digital landscape of systems and networks.


 Pratt-SILS on 14th St.
We offer students exciting and cutting-edge programs and courses from archives and digital libraries to special libraries and library media specialist.

In addition to the Master of Science in Library and Information Science (MSLIS), Pratt offers a dual degree program with Pratt's History of Art Department (MSLIS/MS in History of Art), and a joint degree with the Brooklyn Law School (MSLIS/JD)as well as certificate programs in archives and museum libraries.  

New York's great libraries and museums serve as site locations for students to gain professional work experience through the practicum course, courses at NYPL Research Libraries and the
Metropolitan Museum of Art  and special fellowship opportunities are available under the SILS Fellows program.