Information Studies, Aberystwyth DIS

24/11/2025

15/07/2025

It graduation day. Congratulations to all DIS graduates whether here in Aber or celebrating their achievement at home. Would love to see your photos if you wish to post here.
The ceremony has just started and you can view live or watch later at

A live video stream from graduation ceremony.

21/06/2025

Great to meet you all for 60th lunch today. We didn't have time for pinning any images you may have brought to noticeboard as planned. So please send them to Anoush Simon HOD [email protected] together with your memories so can be included in her 60th celebration project. Many thanks to Linda Tomos for her guest talk - as someone said - we always learn something new from Linda's presentations. For those staying on for the University reunion events have a great time

21/06/2025

Welcome to guests from CLW/DILS/DIS coming to 60th celebration lunch today.
Say hello here...

23/05/2025

60 years of Information Studies at Aber
Did you study or work at CLW (College of Librarianship Wales), DILS (Department of Information and Library Studies) or DIS (Department of Information Studies) in Aberystwyth, any time from 1964 onwards? Help us celebrate 60 years with our reminiscence project, gathering memories and memorabilia. See https://libraryschool.aber.ac.uk/ to find out more. We’d love to hear from you.

In addition to our research project on student reminiscences of CLW, DILS and DIS, we are also holding a celebratory event to mark 60 years of information studies at Aber. Alumni may already be aware of the Aberystwyth University annual Reunion Weekend that is happening in June (info here: https://www.osaaber.org/post/osa-alumni-reunion-2025-fri-20th-sun-22nd-june and here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/development/newsandevents/). As a part of this event, DIS are hosting a celebration lunch for our past students and staff on Saturday 21st. All students - and staff - of CLW, DILS and DIS are welcome!
If you are planning on attending the whole Reunion Weekend (including the celebration lunch), click here to book https://tinyurl.com/3cb4jddm
Or contact/message Anoush ([email protected]) for further details about celebration lunch.

18/09/2024

Students very much enjoyed their visit and tour of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales during the study school last week. Many thanks to the NLW staff. It came after the wonderful Guest Speaker presentation from Linda Tomos. Linda ended her talk showing us some items from the NLW attic - and while students did not see that - apparently some did get to visit the basement! Photo by Tanya Rogers.

14/09/2024

Farewell to the September Study School. We miss you on campus as you leave Aber and hope that your journey home goes well. All best wishes as you start your 'journey' 'as new DL students getting started or students approaching the final part of their studies and the dissertation. Thanks for making the study school experience so great for dept staff and stay in touch. Photo of Johnny the Aber Uni celebrity cat from Katie.

18/07/2024

Its graduation day 2024. Congratulations to all DIS graduating students whether in Aber or celebrating at home. You can see the live video of todays ceremony here. Poshttps://www.aber.ac.uk/en/graduation/video/videos/5/
Post your graduation day messages /photos - lovely to hear from you

16/09/2023

The first residential school here in Aber since September 2019 ended this week. Thanks to all students attending for your feedback at the final session. Best wishes for your studies as you get started on your course or get started on your dissertation

21/07/2023

Congratulations to all DIS graduates 2023 yesterday who were at the ceremony or celebrating from home. You can see the Ceremony at

24/10/2022

Colleagues and former students will be sad to hear of the recent death of Professor Frank Hogg OBE, the first Principle of The College of Librarianship Wales. When it was established in 1964, CLW was intended to be a small college with an annual intake of 30, focused on the development of the profession in Wales. By 1968, under Frank’s visionary leadership, CLW had become the largest library school in the UK attracting staff and students from the UK and throughout the world.
In 1989, CLW amalgamated into Aberystwyth University and became the Department of Information Studies. The development of distance learning and new programmes in Archives and Records Management further developed his vision of a department that is both local to Wales and global in reach.
Frank retired at this time but continued to be active in various consultancy and voluntary roles in Aberystwyth and beyond. In 2019, he was made an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University, in acknowledgement of his remarkable contribution to library education. You can read about his achievements and impact on the development of the profession here.
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2019/07/title-224721-en.html
We are grateful for his friendship and support for the Department throughout these years.

Founding Principal of the College of Librarianship Wales honouredProfessor Frank N Hogg OBE, founding Principal of the College of Librarianship Wales16 July 2019 Professor Frank N. Hogg OBE, the Founding Principal of the College of Librarianship Wales, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Aber...

12/07/2022

Many Congratulations to all DIS graduates. Was lovely to meet 20/21 graduates at the ceremony this morning. Looking forward to tomorrow 2022 graduates. Whether you are in Aber or celebrating at home - post a message and a photo. Watch live or recorded

Graduation Graduation ceremonies in 2022 take place between Friday 8 July and Friday 15 July. Live Graduation Video Find out more Order of Ceremonies Find out more Information for Students Find out more Frequently Asked Questions Find out more Information for Staff Find out more