Graduate Programs / Library Science Degree
Program of Study
Hours: 30, Thesis: None
The basic professional curriculum leads to the Master of Library Science degree. The program prepares students for the expanding field of library science which includes a wide variety of professional library skills. These skills range from the development, organization, and administration of a multi-media collection to the use of computers in libraries and the retrieval of information via on-line systems and CD-ROM products.
A student entering the MLS degree program without prior course work in the field must complete six (6) semester credit hours of basic courses additional to the thirty (30) hours required for the graduate degree. The student may take these courses in the Preparatory Core concurrently with selected graduate courses.
All students accepted into this program must complete all requirements within six (6) calendar years.
Course Work
I. Preparatory Core
Required:
- LIB 011 Information Needs and Services
- LIB 313 Cataloging and Classification
II. Graduate Course Specialization
Required:
- LIB 500 Methods of Research (Library) AND TWO of the following:
- * LIB 510 Literature of the Humanities
- * LIB 520 Literature of the Social Sciences
- * LIB 530 Literature of the Sciences and Technology
- LIB 515 Building Multimedia Library Collections
- LIB 526 Management of Automated Library Systems
- LIB 555 Administration of the School Library Media Center
- LIB 585 Seminar: Materials for Children and Young Adults
Electives:
- LIB 431 Oral Tradition in the Library
- LIB 440 Selected Topics
- LIB 471 Information Analysis and Retrieval
- LIB 510 Literature of the Humanities
- LIB 520 Literature of the Social Sciences
- LIB/AVC 525 Microcomputers in Education
- LIB 530 Literature of the Sciences and Technology
- LIB 534 Government Publications
- LIB 543 Public Library Services
- LIB 545 Special Library Services
- LIB 550 Books and Related Materials for Adults
- AVC 553 Development of Projected Instructional Materials
- LIB 560 Mass Media and the Library
- LIB 570 Independent Study
- LIB 575 Seminar: Teaching Function of the School Library Media Center
* Two of these three courses are required.
III. Electives in Other Areas (3 - 6 hours)
Six (6) semester hours of electives related to the individual student's interest and professional need may be taken in another graduate program of the University with the consent of the student's advisor.
Contact Person
Dr. Eloise Long, Department Chairperson
- Department Office: Rohrbach Library
- Telephone: (610) 683-4300
- E-mail: long@kutztown.edu