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Department of Library and Information Studies

 

Welcome! The Department of Library and Information Studies is one of the six academic departments of the School of Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro . The Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) is the only degree offered by the department, and the program leading to that degree is accredited by the American Library Association. Within the MLIS program, students may elect areas of specialization in public, academic, special, or school librarianship. The school library media program specialization is designed to lead to licensure by the state of North Carolina 's Department of Public Instruction for School Library Media Coordinators (076), School Media Supervisors (078), and Instructional Technology Specialists (077). The 076 licensure program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

In addition to the program offered on the main campus of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , the department offers the degree program on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and The University of North Carolina at Asheville . Presently there are approximately 350-400 students in the process of earning the degree at all three sites. Above ninety percent of our students are progressing through the program on a part time basis and almost all of the classes offered, particularly at the sites in Asheville and Charlotte, are offered in the evenings to accommodate the needs of working adult students. Admission to the program at all sites is on the same basis. Applications and inquiries should be addressed to the main campus in Greensboro .

Graduates of our program find careers in public, academic, school, corporate, and museum libraries, as well as many other settings throughout the country and abroad. There is a tremendous diversity in the kinds of employment and the variety of jobs available to holders of the MLIS degree that range from traditional library settings to information providers for federal agencies, corporate information officers, and for information product vendors. Our graduates currently are in rural public schools in North Carolina , in private schools in Virginia , at the Library of Congress, with private contractors in Washington , DC , and in academic libraries across the country, among other places.

The department welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. The arena of library and information studies is so diverse that any undergraduate preparation is appropriate and our students come from radically diverse backgrounds. Our faculty is committed to educating information professionals capable of “consociating people, information, and libraries.”


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Department of Library and Information Studies, UNCG
349 Curry Building, PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Tel: (336)334-3477
FAX (336)334-5060
EMAIL cpfelts@uncg.edu