Professional Development Academies in Education

Professional Development Programs in Information Studies

UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies is home to two departments. Each is a leader in their field, helping to pioneer what's next in the Education and Information worlds.

UCLA Ed&IS faculty are at the forefront of their fields, addressing issues of equality, access and social justice in the fields of education and information. Their scholarship has an international reputation for excellence and commitment to addressing the most critical issues facing our society.

An ecosystem of K-12 teaching schools where UCLA partners to develop, study, share, and advance innovative best practices.

The work at UCLA Ed&IS is guided by the principles of individual responsibility and social justice, an ethic of caring, and commitment to the communities we serve. Learn more about our mission and values, our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our faculty and students, our history and more.

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are defining features of UCLA Ed&IS and we embrace them as a source of strength.

Department of Education 2023 Information Sessions

Department of Information Studies Programs

Department of Information Studies 2023 Information Sessions

Learn more about the undergraduate and graduate academic programs we offer, when program information sessions are being offered and how to apply.

Department of Information Studies

Brian E. C. Schottlaender

1995 Council on Library Resources Senior Fellow, Long Island University.
1991 Certificated Program in Contract and Grant Administration, UCLA.
1980 Indiana University; M.L.S.
1974 University of Texas at Austin; B.A., ampla cum laude (German Literature).

“Anything But Routine: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography of William S. Burroughs” v.4.0. California Digital Library eScholarship [Open Access] Repository, 2015.

“The Digital Preservation Imperative: An Ecosystem View.” Library Resources & Technical Services, 58 (1), 2014.

“Bottom-Up Strategic Planning.”Library Leadership & Management, 27(3), 2013. [w/ Jeff Williams and Tammy Dearie]

“The Need to Formalize Trust Relationships in Digital Repositories.”
EDUCAUSE Review, 43(3), May/June 2008. [w/ Fran Berman, Ardys Kozbial, and Robert McDonald]

“Chronopolis: Federated Digital Preservation Across Time and Space.”
In Local to Global Data Interoperability: Challenges and Technologies. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2005.