[uplifting music] - We help provide access to information.

We do it using computer tools, and we do it to serve our communities.

We'd use it in way to really help make a difference in people's lives.

- We put our stuff on paper, we put our stuff into data.

So, how do we organize that?

Can we simplify that for everyone?

So, we all have the same access to that information in the exact same way.

Innovation is information sciences.

It's making data accessible to everyone, no matter who you are.

It encompasses all subjects, all fields.

I mean, it's the definition for innovation, in and of itself.

- Well, you look at how the world is changing around computers, it's really about how do we digitize information in lots of different ways?

And, it's also about, how do we use it in everyday life?

Our students have great knowledge about not only the computer side, but how to really design systems to meet needs wherever they may be.

- And, that's what makes the digital world so exciting.

Here at a NCCU SLIS, we're doing machine learning with autonomous vehicles, election data, we're doing some state identity work, and we're also doing human computer interaction.

And so it's, that's just the starting point.

The landscape of computing, it is growing very rapidly.

And so, that looks like needing assistance in public policy, right?

Because the regulations and policies have not kept up with technology.

It also looks like training students, how to become a great coders and programmers.

And also, it looks like helping students work with businesses and organizations to help them realize their full potentials with technology, as well.

'Cause as we know now with the Corona virus, people have had the catch-up.

If they weren't already fully online, they've had to learn how to adapt and pivot.

And, I'm confident that the students in the information science program, as well as our librarians that are in the library science program, will be able to help libraries and organizations keep up and move forward, now and forever.