The WISE Consortium is pleased to announce the addition of a 15th institutional member, The University of North Texas, based in Denton, Texas.

 

The College of Information offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Science, the Master of Science, the post-master’s Certificate of Advanced Study, as well as graduate-level certification in school librarianship. The Master of Science in Library and Information Sciences program is accredited by the American Library Association. The School Library Media Certification is 11^th in the nation and is the first online program of its kind in the U.S. Their Medical Informatics program is 3^rd in the nation and 1^st in Texas. North Texas also offers the nation’s largest interdisciplinary PhD program in Information Science.

 

By joining WISE, The University of North Texas will be able to expand their reach by hosting students from 14 unique institutions around the world in their online courses, helping them progress toward achieving this goal. The School will also provide their own students with access to courses offered at the other WISE institutions, increasing the diversity and breadth of their home curriculum.

 

The University of North Texas has a great deal to offer the consortium. The WISE schools are excited to begin this mutually beneficial collaboration, and would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest member!

 

Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) is a collaborative distance education model that increases the quality, access, and diversity of online education opportunities in LIS. The WISE consortium was developed to establish standards and metrics for online LIS education, to provide a collaborative marketplace for online LIS courses, and to provide support for online pedagogy.

 

Since 2004 over 465 courses have been shared through WISE, and over 725 students have enrolled through the consortium. WISE Pedagogy has served over 300 faculty from WISE schools and the greater LIS community through online and face-to-face workshops and on-demand web resources.