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December 5
ALISS Brown Bag Open Meeting. Bring your lunch and get updates on the topics discussed at the last meeting including INFX courses, class sizes, course descriptions and evaluations, as well as have...

Student Organizations

Becoming a part of the professional community is an important aspect of professional education. Students at the Information School are fortunate to have a number of quality professional organizations with student chapters and student membership. We encourage our students to become active in at least one of these organizations.

  • AIMS
    Association for Information Management Students

  • ALISS
    Association of Library and Information Science Students
    - The Silverfish: Student e-newsletter for ALISS & the iSchool
    - The Silverfish Blog: The official blog of the ALISS

  • APC
    Archives & Preservation Club

  • ASIS&T
    American Society for Information Science and Technology

  • BIG
    Bookarts Interest Group

  • DSA
    Doctoral Student Association of the iSchool

  • GPSS
    Graduate and Professional Students Senate

  • iArts
    Where art and information intersect

  • iConnect discussion board: brings together local hosts and distance students in need of housing (UWNetID login required)

  • iParents
    iParents helps balance home and school

  • iPeer
    Connects new and experienced distance students in the iSchool's MLIS program at the University of Washington.

  • iServe
    The iSchool's volunteer and service organization

  • IUGA
    Informatics Undergraduate Association

  • iWorld
    iWorld is a forum for student and faculty conversations about library and information topics from an international perspective.

  • iYouth
    Celebrates young adult and children's literature, and supports professional development for students and youth services librarians.

  • SLA
    Special Libraries Association

  • SALA
    The University of Washington's Student Chapter of the American Library Association

Additional Professional Organizations