Tap into the Age of Information this summer…In Rome, Italy!

* Unfortunately, due to low enrollment this program has been cancelled for 2013

What better time to explore the importance of information, than in today’s fast-paced world of digital communications and information exchange?! Whether you’re interested in the link between information and everyday life, or if digital information and various digital platforms intrigues you, this program will not disappoint!

Offered in partnership with Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science, these two, dynamic courses expose students to the international component of today’s Information Age. In addition to classroom learning, students have the opportunity to explore Rome for the culturally-rich and complex city that it is, as well as its influence in the world of information. While here students gain a greater appreciation for information theory and human behavior as it relates to information in the digital age.

 Graduate Courses: 

• LIS 230: Introduction to Digital Libraries. 

Taught by Dr. Christine Angel, this course will use the concept of the digital library as a platform for exploring digital preservation, sustainability, information representation, and cyber-infrastructure. Emphasis will be placed on ways in which digital information is managed and accessed within national libraries, archives, and museums. Students will document their Rome experience and demonstrate mastery of course goals as they create their own digital library resource.

•  LIS 260: Information Use and Users.

Taught by Dr. Kevin Rioux, this seminar course covers how information practitioners seek to better understand their service constituencies (i.e., the "users"). Students completing the course will learn how information seeking is a process driven by everyday life, and how information behaviors shape our lives. Emphasis will be placed on how research on information use and users directs practical information work. The Rome experience will lend a cross-cultural and cultural literacy
dimension to the topics discussed.

Credits: 3 - 6

Dates: May 24 – June 10, 2013 (CANCELLED)
Please note: Students must arrive in Rome on May 24 and depart on June 10. If you depart from New York, for most flights you must leave the day before the arrival date. 

Deadlines:

• Application deadline: March 25, 2013
• Deposit deadline: April 3, 2013

Accommodations: You will stay in the St. John’s Rome Campus dormitory. The campus is located in the Prati neighborhood, rich in history and beautiful architecture, just north of the Vatican in central Rome. 

The facility is located on the Lepanto subway line, just two streets from the building. While at St. John's Rome campus you will be able to walk to the Vatican, or take a short subway ride to the Piazza del Popolo, Piazza Navona, or the Castel Sant’Angelo.  

Our campus combines old-world architectural elements with modern presentation technology. Classrooms are high tech with presentation ability, a fully-wired computer lab with printers for your use, a spacious meeting room, library and student lounge. Our bilingual staff, including a resident director and resident assistants will assist you with any needs.  

Room accommodations include: double or triple rooms, with 2 or 3 wardrobes and desks per room, linens are provided for your use for the duration of the program. Each room has an individual air conditioning unit, and wireless broadband internet access. Showers, sinks and toilets are shared per residence floor.  

Meals: 3 group dinners (including a welcome and a farewell dinner); breakfast and lunch provided 4 days a week 

Professors: Dr. Kevin Rioux & Dr. Christine Angel 

Program Fee: $1,990 plus tuition (airfare NOT included)

*Tuition and airfare are in addition to the program fee. Please check the tuition based on your school and how many credits you choose to enroll in while abroad.