The library and information major of Shanxi University of Finance and Economics belongs to the School of Information, which was founded in 1984. In that year, it began to recruit undergraduates, and 1998 began to recruit master students. After more than 30 years of construction and development, it has trained a large number of qualified talents for the country and made important contributions to national and local economic construction.

The college has two academic master's degree authorization points for computer application technology and information science, and two master's degree authorization points for library science and information science. Among them, library and information science is the key construction discipline in Shanxi Province. There are four undergraduate majors: information management and information system, computer science and technology, e-commerce, data science and big data. Among them, the specialty of information management and information system is Shanxi brand specialty, and e-commerce is Shanxi characteristic specialty.