Charting a new course: developing and implementing a curriculum for a Master's of Information Science degree

This paper describes the development and implementation of an innovative curriculum, the Master's of Information Science (MIS), which is being offered at the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Indiana University. After briefly describing the dynamics of the North American information studies marketplace, the paper focuses on the reengineering effort which led to the new curriculum. The paper concludes with a discussion of the marketing effort currently under way to promote the MIS.