Reinventing the bachelor's degree: Call it "information studies!"

Since the advent of the "information society" in the mid-1950s, the number of jobs in the information sector has been increasing rapidly. The economy is currently generating such a large number of information-related jobs tha t individuals possessing the necessary knowledge and skills are in short su pply. This article describes how Florida State University's (FSU) School of Information Studies developed a strategy to meet the emerging need far wor kers in the information society. Approaching its fiftieth anniversary, this graduate school saw a need in the area of information support services tha t could be met by the addition of an undergraduate program. The undergradua te program became a reality in the fall of 1996.