SLIS Alumni Friends

Every day, you and your fellow North Carolina Central University School of Library and Information Sciences alumni positively impact the lives of many people, both professionally and as citizens in your community. Each one of you is important. Each one of you is making a difference in the world in which you live. "Share the Pride" —because you and your fellow SLIS alumni are making a difference!

There is no better way to protect and enhance the NCCU SLIS experience for future students than by making a gift.  Every gift makes a difference, and every dollar counts. Consider making a tax-deductible donation to our school and visit our alumni giving page: https://www.nccu.edu/institutional-advancement/giving-online

Professional Support

• Share experiences and knowledge with others who work in the same kind of library you do.
• Share with others who have a common concern or interest.
• Use the NCCU SLIS Listserv to share questions, experiences, and knowledge.

Professional Growth

• Take advantage of the NCCU SLIS continuing education programs.
• Participate in the educational program at our annual alumni meeting (first Saturday in October).
• Participate in chapter educational programs.

Social Connection

• Renew acquaintances and old friendships.
• Make new friends.
• Get involved in area chapters.
• Experience fellowship via alumni association committees.
• Share your career success on the alumni web page.

Support Your Alma Mater

• Be a student mentor.
• Serve on school committees.
• Contribute to the scholarship funds.
• Contribute to special support funds.
• Recruit students.
• Serve as a lobbyist for SLIS.
• Speak up on university policy issues that affect your school.

It's Inexpensive!

• Membership dues are only $10.00 per year.
• Members of the Association are eligible for free SLIS email accounts.

Share the pride of being a SLIS alumnus. 

Program Statistics

• NCCU SLIS has had over 1,400 degree graduates since 1939.
• There are over 300 active students at SLIS, with approximately 225 enrolled each semester.
• Approximately 50 of the SLIS students are in the Master of Information Science Program.
• SLIS was ranked by Library Journal as the fourth most diverse library science program in North America.
• The SLIS faculty ranks number six in research and publication for non-PhD ALA-accredited schools.

Where Do We Work?

• About 1,000 SLIS graduates live and work in North Carolina.
• SLIS graduates work in over half of the 50 states as well as in D.C.
• More than 20 SLIS graduates are working in the Arabian Gulf States.
• There are SLIS graduates in Jordan, Bahrain, P.R. China, Zambia, Taiwan, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Botswana, St. Martin, Bermuda, Nigeria, Japan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, India, Canada, and the United States.

What Do We Do?

• Hundreds of our graduates work as North Carolina school media coordinators.
• Two graduates head media services for school districts.
• Five of the 16 constituent UNC schools have SLIS graduates as library directors.
• Five graduates are North Carolina public library directors, and many more are branch heads. Another graduate is a director in Nevada, and one is a director in South Carolina.
• Three graduates are on the faculty and staff at SLIS.
• The library at Fayetteville State University was ranked number one in library service in the UNC system by the university's students. The director and all the managers are SLIS graduates.
• The head of preservation at Brown University is a SLIS graduate.
• The head of manuscripts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a SLIS graduate.
• SLIS graduates head libraries at Methodist College, Shaw University, Governor Morehead School, and Fort Bragg Library, as well as many community colleges.
• The director and the database manager at the Research Center for Time-Warner in New York are both SLIS graduates.
• SLIS graduates are heads of special libraries such as SAS, Reichhold Chemicals, Durham Regional Hospital, and Dorothea Dix Hospital.

There are many more instances where the SLIS alumni are "making a difference." We invite you to join the SLIS alumni association and share your story!

The Alumni Association has a web site to keep you connected: https://nccuslis.org/alumni-2/.