 aim and scope the school of information science and informatics is located in the center of corfu town the school is a graduate research and education community committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability reliability and credibility this requires the insights of scholars from diverse fields information science and informatics the information science revolves around the sciences and specifically in the interdisciplinary study of the processing management and retrieval of information the informatics covers both theoretical and practical aspects on the computing technologies and algorithms the aim of the school is to enable under postgraduate students involvement in issues and to offer a suitable extra skills towards shaping a successful researcher a competitive employee the mission of the school is to support and advance the broader education research and service mission of the ionian university by educating students furthering knowledge and contributing our knowhow to advance humankind s improvement through information this mission is achieved through specific actions providing a highquality undergraduate program in information science and informatics offering superior graduate programs in information science and informatics engaging in research and scholarly activities that advance learning through the extension of the frontiers of knowledge and creative endeavor cooperating with industry and public sector to transfer knowledge extending our expertise to local communities and public agencies to contribute to social intellectual and the community the school is comprised of two departments the department of archives library science and museology and the department of informatics  the two departments offer both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees the undergraduate programs lead to initial certifications with 240 ects credits over four academic years also the postgraduate programs lead to masters and doctoral degrees in specific fields of information science and informatics  