50 years of experience in
Library and Information Science
The Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS) develops in close interaction with global society.
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Each year, more than 300 students are admitted to SSLIS and about 130 Master’s theses are produced. We educate those who want to work with library and information services in a globalised knowledge society.
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Around 80 employees work on research, education, and administration at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science in Borås.
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NEWSThe university's expert ensures open research
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NEWSHistorical investment in doctoral education in Library and Information Science
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PROGRAMMEMaster's Programme in Information Science: Digital Environments
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International StudentIncoming exchange students
Journal: Information Research
Information Research is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It was established in 1995 by Professor T.D. Wilson, Professor Emeritus of the University of Sheffield and subsequently Senior Professor, University of Borås. It is now published by the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås, Sweden.
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INCLUDE – Centre for Inclusive Studies
With the broader ambition of Equal Opportunities for All, the Centre for Inclusive Studies aims to promote and enable research and innovation that relate to issues of Inclusion, Participation, Accessibility, and Equality.
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The Centre for Cultural Policy Research (KPC)
The Centre for Cultural Policy Research work is based in the university's vision of Science for the Professions. We seek to play a key role in the growing field of research and practice in the field of cultural politics in the broadest sense.
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Information Practices and Digital Cultures
The research group Information Practices and Digital Cultures acts as a dynamic cluster bringing together researchers at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, whose work concerns people‘s engagement with information in different practices, roles, or institutions and the implications of digital cultures for how information and knowledge are shaped in contemporary society.
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Culture, Library, Politics
Studies of (public) libraries’ current and historical conditions in different respects, cultural policy change processes, and cultural mediation and citizen involvement; these three themes gather the members of this research group.
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Knowledge infrastructures
The Knowledge infrastructures research group (KIR) focuses on how information and knowledge is generated, maintained, shared and transferred.
Read more about Knowledge infrastructuresNews SLISS
Celebration and solemnity at this year's Academic Ceremony
2025-05-16
Information Research journal celebrates 30 years – a pioneer for open access
2025-04-30
Experts from Sweden, Latvia and Ukraine agree on a project financed by the Swedish Institute to strengthen Ukrainian libraries
2025-02-07
MuseIT enters its final stretch – inclusion and culture for all
2025-01-27
AI-fabricated “junk science” floods Google Scholar
2024-12-20
2025-05-16
The university's Academic Ceremony was celebrated to trumpet fanfare and warm applause. Alongside the joy of career milestones, academic successes, and awards, several speakers reiterated the importance of standing up for academic freedom.
2025-04-30
Information Research was founded in 1995, when the internet was still new to the general public. The journal has published its content with open access over the years and is one of the journals that has been around the longest in information science.
2025-02-07
From January 22 to 24, the National Library of Latvia hosted the kick-off meeting of the project "Empowering Libraries for Rebuilding Ukraine" in the framework of the Swedish Institute Ukraine Cooperation Programme.
2025-01-27
Since 2022, the prestigious EU-funded project MuseIT, aimed at widening access to cultural experiences, has been developing technology and concepts as well as influencing decision-makers and policies both nationally and internationally. The project is now entering its final stretch ahead of its conclusion in September.
2024-12-20
AI-generated research is a threat, both in terms of society’s knowledge and public trust in science. This was the conclusion made by the researchers behind the study that recently identified over a hundred suspected AI-generated articles in the Google Scholar search engine.
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SILVANUS – Fighting wildfires
A large consortium of interdisciplinary experts from four continents is brought together to combat the threat of forest fires and improve forest resilience against climate change. Researchers at the Swedish School of Library and information Science contribute with research expertise in knowledge organization, information management, user studies and participatory methodology.
New Master:
Information Science: Digital Environments
Our new Master´s programme starts autumn 2023. You study information from both a technical and theoretical perspective.
The program is suitable for those with a bachelor's degree in library and information science, information architecture, archival science, digital humanities, computer science, information systems, or a related field.
Read more about the programme: Information Science: Digital Environments.