A number of areas of specialization are available which give students the opportunity to customize their elective coursework and focus their studies on a special area of interest. The recommended courses listed below can be used as a guide to help you map out your academic program. We also encourage you to contact your faculty mentor to discuss career and academic goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The profession is traditionally divided into four major areas: academic libraries, public libraries, school library media centers, and special libraries and information centers. Some specializations, such as archives or digital libraries, can cross library types which means that the specialties below are not mutually exclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INFOST 521 Introduction to Reference Services and Resources
INFOST 520 Managing Library Collections
INFOST 524 Management of Libraries and Information Services
INFOST 661 Information Ethics
INFOST 862 Legal Issues for Library and Information Managers
INFOST 990 Fieldwork in Library and Information Science Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recommended courses:<\/strong> Recommended Courses \u2013 Technical Services:<\/strong> Depending on background and\/or interests, one or more of the following:<\/strong> Description: Sufficiently specialized to have become a career track, this area of practice may be found in and out of library settings. Education or experience related to library settings may beneficially supplement the following courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommended courses: Description: This specialization introduces students to critical areas of law, policy, and ethics as they impact the LIS field and profession. Courses are designed to provide specialization in the area of sociomatics\u2014with a focus on additional decision-making and analytical skills for information and technology-rich environments. The broader context of information issues is also developed with society at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Career opportunities: Chief Information Officer or other managerial positions, Government Compliance Officer, Legislative Specialist, Ethics Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, Chief Ethics Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommended Courses:<\/strong> Description: Academic libraries and school library media centers promote information literacy using various methods of instruction. Coursework and experience in specific library settings would be reasonable preparation for a career in information literacy, in addition to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommended Courses:<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A number of areas of specialization are available which give students the opportunity to customize their elective coursework and focus their studies on a special area of interest. The recommended courses listed below can be used as a guide to help …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3016,"featured_media":0,"parent":615,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-4746","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
INFOST 520: Managing Library Collections
INFOST 521: Introduction to Reference Sources & Services
INFOST 682: Digital Libraries
INFOST 640: Information Literacy Instruction
INFOST 735: The Academic Library
INFOST 739: Digital Information Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INFOST 520: Managing Library Collections
INFOST 685: Electronic Publishing & Web Design
INFOST 712: Resource Description for Library Catalogs
INFOST 714: Metadata<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INFOST 627: Music Librarianship
INFOST 738: Legal Information Sources & Services
INFOST 832: Government Information Sources and Services
INFOST 835: Information Sources & Services in the Health Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\nDigital Libraries Specialization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
INFOST 682: Digital Libraries
INFOST 685: E-Publishing & Web Design
INFOST 714: Metadata
INFOST 717: Information Architecture
INFOST 739: Digital Information Services
INFOST 780: XML for Libraries
INFOST 786: Multimedia<\/p>\n\n\n\nInformation Law, Policy & Ethics Specialization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
INFOST 465: Legal Aspects of Information Products & Services
INFOST 660: Information Policy
INFOST 661: Information Ethics
INFOST 738: Legal Information Sources & Services
INFOST 861: Seminar in Intellectual Freedom
INFOST 862: Legal Issues for Library & Information Managers<\/p>\n\n\n\nInformation Literacy Specialization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
INFOST 521: Introduction to Reference Services and Resources
INFOST 640: Information Literacy Instruction
INFOST 670: Instructional Technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n