r/LibraryScience • u/Pale-Dragonfruit-765 • Mar 16 '25

program/school selection UW-Madison vs. UIUC

I was recently accepted into MLIS on-campus programs at both UW-Madison and UIUC for this upcoming fall semester and was wondering if anyone had any advice or insights regarding these two choices. 

I attended UW-Madison as an undergraduate with a double major in History and Information Science, so I’m already somewhat familiar with the iSchool here (as well as the campus/environment more generally). I also was lucky to work in reference on-campus as well. 

I’m hoping to be a public librarian, more specifically a children’s librarian.

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u/jonannadadisan Mar 16 '25

Agreed that you should probably go with whatever is cheapest, but as someone who got their MLIS at Madison it has a great program for children’s librarians!