The University at Buffalo is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Our Department of Library and Information Studies offers programs accredited by the American Library Association.

As a graduate, you will be equipped to find professional employment in public schools; in colleges and universities as members of the faculty or counseling center staff; and in private industry, government agencies, community social services agencies and hospitals.

With students from across the United States and 115 countries across the world in our classes on campus and online, our department is strengthened by the diversity of backgrounds and global perspectives represented.

Our faculty members are engaged in research that impacts and changes our communities.

In addition to working with faculty researchers throughout our department and UB, you will benefit from opportunities with our community research partners.