[11] In 1995, Manning would undergo renovations, including updating its large lecture hall and the information and technology resource center.

The Information and Technology Resource Center integrates a computer lab and electronic classroom area with extensive library collections and services.

[16] The SILS Digital Project Repository was created by information and library science graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (originally developed by SILS students Matthew Bachtell and Ying Zhang for Dr. Gary Marchionini's Digital Libraries course).

With the program, students can permanently store and later retrieve computer files that are usually kept on hard drives and social media sites.

[20] Two years in the making, the LifeTime Library has benefited from research projects funded by the National Science Foundation and other prestigious sources.

[24] RENCI at UNC-Chapel Hill opened in the summer 2007 in the new Manning Information Technology Services building located on South Campus.

This state-of-the-art facility gives RENCI the opportunity to collaborate with UNC faculty on new and existing multidisciplinary research projects.

[25] In October 2012, SILS professor & RENCI chief scientist Arcot Rajasekar is the principal investigator of one of eight new Big Data research projects receiving awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

[27] Introduced in 2011, the Dual Bachelor's - Master's program is intended to enable Information Science (IS) majors to obtain both their BS and MS degree by early planning of an undergraduate program that integrates well with the graduate degree requirements for either an MSIS or an MSLS within five years.

[28] The Concentration of Study in Archives and Record Management (ARM) at SILS provides students with the knowledge and skills required to work in archives, special collections, historical societies, records management units within organizations, and various other curatorial environments.

The principles and practices of ARM are based on provenance, collection-level arrangement, and attention to context, all of which are becoming increasingly relevant with the massive explosion of information across all sectors of society.

The typical pattern begins with a two-week intensive kick-off offered during the first session of summer school on campus and then includes a set of courses taken online.

SILS also offers several certificates of specialization programs that allow currently enrolled master's students to develop strength in predefined areas of concentration in information and library science.

[30] The very first international summer semester in the Czech Republic, co-sponsored by Charles University, began in Prague in 2002 for SILS students.

[8] Today, the school hosts seminars each year in London, England, and Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic.

In addition, UNC-Chapel Hill has formal university ties with approximately 75 other universities—many of them with library and information science schools—where SILS students can spend a semester studying abroad.

While each individual iSchool has its strengths and specializations, they share a fundamental interest in the relationships between information, people, and technology.