The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Indiana University ranked sixth out of forty-eight in the U.S. News and World Report 1999 Graduate School Rankings of top schools accredited by the American Library Association. SLIS at IU offers programs which prepare students interested in organizing, searching for, and managing information for the information-intensive world of the future. It is the place where theory building meets systems building, where you can explore the social, cognitive, and technical forces which shape the ways in which information is created, managed, and utilized in contemporary life.