Research Centers

The faculty of the school crosses disciplinary boundaries to integrate the common elements of information management in business, government, education, and nonprofit settings, including the relationship of information and knowledge, electronic and traditional libraries, information systems and technology, information resources management, information policy and services, and the study of information users.

Research Centers and Laboratories

Many of the faculty conduct their research individually and in small, flexible, interdisciplinary teams. For certain specialized areas and cross-unit collaborations, however, research centers and laboratories provide a venue that supports long- term commitment to a particular research area. The following research centers and laboratories are located in the school:

Center for Digital Literacy CDL is an interdisciplinary, collaborative research and development center at Syracuse University dedicated to (1) understanding the impact of information, technology, and media literacies on children and adults (particularly those from underserved populations) in today's technology-intensive society and (2) studying the impact having or not having these literacies has on people, organizations, and society.

Center for Emerging Network Technologies CENT provides leading industry insight and analysis with regard to emerging Information Technologies within enterprise IT. The center provides this analysis through applied, hands on testing of new products and services within our research areas; enhances the educational experience of both undergraduate and graduate students of the iSchool at Syracuse University; and improves the community at large through work with the CASE Center IT Roundtable, consulting with local businesses and involvement with other community projects within the iSchool and Syracuse University.
Center for Natural Language Processing CNLP advances the development of human-like language understanding software capabilities for government, commercial, and consumer applications.

Center for Research on Collaboratories and Technology Enhanced Learning Communities Cotelco is a social science research center organized to explore the socio-technical infrastructure required to support geographically distributed collaboration and knowledge work, particularly between developed and developing countries.

Convergence Center The Convergence Center examines the phenomenon of “digital convergence,” which refers to the profound changes in the structure of media caused by the emergence of digital technologies as the dominant method for representing, storing, and communicating information. The center studies how these changes impact society and policies governing various aspects of communications.

Information Institute of Syracuse IIS is a long standing research center in the areas of education, technology and librarianship. Its projects bring together universities, government agencies, and private enterprises to promote easy access to high quality educational information to a diverse user population.

Library Game Lab of Syracuse This research lab explores the intersection of games and libraries, and provides advice to librarians about the most appropriate gaming activities for different demographic groups and library goals and provide advice to the gaming industry about the needs of libraries and schools regarding gaming.

StudyResponse Center for Online Research SCOR facilitates online research for behavioral, social, and organizational science researchers by distributing email participation requests to adult research participants. The project accumulates the characteristics and outcomes across research studies in order to explore the features of studies that encourage quality responding.

Faculty from the iSchool are also involved in a few CASE company spinoffs, including:

Wireless Grids Corporation/ Virtual Markets and Wireless Grids project (Professor Lee McKnight) investigates the tremendous value proposition that wireless grid networks offer to both increase access to wireless communication services, and to develop new economic sectors utilizing ubiquitous networks to access grid services. Wireless Grids has partnered with such companies as Nokia, BTexact Technologies, Cisco System, Novell, French Telecom, and Hitachi.

Internet Consulting Services (Professor Jeffrey Rubin) has pioneered technologies in web design, content management systems, e-commerce solutions, and many other areas. ICS focuses its development efforts on Web based content management solutions and has a client list that includes the National Science Foundation, Lucent Technologies, Ericsson, Sony Music, and National Geographic.