Academic Libraries Specialization

Description: Appropriate preparation for most careers in academic librarianship consists of the core courses, a selection of the strongly-recommended courses, practical experience, and a selection of specialized courses from the following list. Because some academic positions require extensive disciplinary knowledge (i.e., selector for geography or other academic discipline, law librarian, music librarian, etc.), they may require graduate degrees in those fields in addition to an MLIS. Specialized disciplinary courses related to sources and services in music, law, and cartographic collections, among others, can also be beneficial. Information literacy programs are central to the services of many academic libraries and some coursework or experience in instruction would be desirable.

Recommended Curriculum

 

627 Music Librarianship

633 Cartographic Resources in Libraries

670 Instructional Technologies

735 The Academic Library

716 Indexing and Abstracting

738 Legal Information Sources and Services

774 Online Information Retrieval

787 Library Automation

831 Information Sources and Services in Social Sciences and Humanities

832 Competitive Intelligence and Business Information

833 Seminar in International and Multicultural Information Services

834 Information Sources and Services in Science and Technology

862 Legal Issues for Library and Information Managers
 
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