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