Competitive Intelligence & Knowledge Management
This concentration focuses on information needs and knowledge management in special library, corporate, and other organizational settings.
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Digital Libraries
This concentration covers a range of topics in digital resources, collections and services. It can serve as a bridging concentration accessible to MSIS students and several courses are a part of the MSIS curriculum.
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Library and Information Services
This is a generalist concentration that includes key professional skills and an orientation to both a work setting and a relevant elective.
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Archival Studies
This concentration focuses on the practice and theory of managing collections of records and papers in a variety of archival settings, including government agencies, libraries, historical societies, corporations, not-for-profit organizations, museums, and religious institutions. The concentration courses may also be of interest to students planning careers in special, public and digital librarianship.
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School Library Media
This concentration is for students who wish to work in K-12 school library programs in both public and private schools. Designed to prepare graduates to be eligible for certification as school librarians by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), the program meets the requirements of the State of Pennsylvania and provides a strong basis for seeking certification in other states as well. In most instances, students will be required to complete a supervised field study to be eligible for certification.
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Youth Services
This concentration meets the interests of students planning public library careers with a focus on youth populations.
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If you are interested in contacting faculty about any of the above concentrations, or about other special areas of study at the iSchool, please visit our Faculty Mentor page.
In keeping with the flexibility and personal planning emphasis of the College’s MS, students may also select a “no concentration” option.
A student’s individual program may include preparation for both general and specialized professional careers. In addition to the concentrations outlined above, students may choose to specialize in Healthcare Informatics. Coursework related to library and information work in legal, scientific, medical and business settings, as well as studies in computerized information systems is also offered.
Students may need to take online classes to progress through the program at a full-time pace.
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