At the College of Information Studies, Maryland's Information School, like those in other leading universities (www.ischools.org), is shaping the next phase of the information age. Situated close to Washington, DC, the information capital of the world, we have a unique advantage. Building on a firm foundation of excellence in library science and information management, our college, known fondly by many alumni as CLIS, has become an iSchool. We continue to be known for excellence in archives, school library media, medical information, children and technology, while broadening our research and teaching base to include: digital libraries; information policy, security, privacy, and ethics; e-government; information retrieval and sense-making; human-computer interaction; social networking and community informatics.