Founded in 1930, Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) has grown to become one of the nation’s largest Masters of Library and Information Science degree-granting programs.  More than 600 students attend classes in River Forest, Greater Chicago, and St. Paul, Minnesota.

In complement to the MLIS, the Graduate School of Library and Information Science offers the Master of Science in Knowledge Management degree as well as post-graduate certifications in knowledge management, school library media, and special studies.

Strives to make significant contributions towards extending and enhancing the quality of information services and the promotion of information and technological literacy to a diverse society.

Through our activities, the Special Libraries Association Student Chapter tries to help students make the transition to graduate life easier while exploring career opportunities in the world of special librarianship.

The Wisconsin Library School was founded as a summer school under the Wisconsin Free Library Commission in 1895.

GSLIS began as the first library science program in the midwest, founded in 1893 by an extraordinary woman, Katharine Sharp.

Alumni of the GSLIS work all over the world, in almost every setting imaginable--art museums, Fortune 500 companies, schools, research labs, Indian reservations and Hollywood.