1. Some universities apply the terms school and college to somewhat different organizational entities but we follow the convention used by most whereby they are essentially equivalent. Some universities apply the terms school and college to somewhat different organizational entities but we follow the convention used by most whereby they are essentially equivalent.
2. We call this a "proto-school" because while it was a department not a school it was not part of any other school and reported to the vice chancellor. We call this a "proto-school" because while it was a department not a school it was not part of any other school and reported to the vice chancellor.
3. The quotation is from T. Didomenico "Three Decades as an Information Leader " Home Page 7 no. 1 (2004). <http://ischool.syr.edu/news-room/newsletters/ISTSummer2004.pdf>. Interpreting the word "information" in a title is complicated by the use of "information systems" as a synonym for computer hardware and software systems in the management field. We consider "information systems" to be a tightly defining term not an expansive term so do not include it as a variant of information. In contrast "Informatics" as used at Indiana has a social multidisciplinary focus. Our incomplete canvas found an M.S. in information science at Drexel in 1963 thus far the earliest iDegree of which we are aware. The quotation is from T. Didomenico "Three Decades as an Information Leader " Home Page 7 no. 1 (2004). <http://ischool.syr.edu/news-room/newsletters/ISTSummer2004.pdf>. Interpreting the word "information" in a title is complicated by the use of "information systems" as a synonym for computer hardware and software systems in the management field. We consider "information systems" to be a tightly defining term not an expansive term so do not include it as a variant of information. In contrast "Informatics" as used at Indiana has a social multidisciplinary focus. Our incomplete canvas found an M.S. in information science at Drexel in 1963 thus far the earliest iDegree of which we are aware.
4. An I-dentity crisis? The information schools movement