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St. John's University: Library and Information Science State University of New York (Albany) : College of Computing and Information (Information Studies Department) SUNY at Buffalo : Department of Library and Information Studies (Graduate School of Education)
The MLIS or MLS degree is usually acquired from an accredited library school. ALA accredits 65 programs at 60 institutions across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. [8] ALA also offers an overview of international degrees in library and information science. [9]
The Library and Information Science (LIS) program at the University of Western Ontario was established in 1966 as the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS). In response to a shortage of professional librarians in Canada in the 1960s, the Ontario government set up a committee to investigate the creation of a new library school. [ 5 ]
According to the American Library Association (ALA), "ALA-accredited degrees have [had] various names such as Master of Arts, Master of Librarianship, Master of Library and Information Studies, or Master of Science. [citation needed] The degree name is determined by the program. The [ALA] Committee for Accreditation evaluates programs based on ...
Many professional librarians have degrees obtained from programs accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) and can have specializations within fields such as archives, records management, information architecture, information policy, knowledge management, public librarianship, medical librarianship, law librarianship, special ...
Information science (often termed as library and information science) is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the political economy of information.
The Master of Arts in Library and Information Science program focuses on information organization, law, and culture, and is the only American Library Association (ALA) accredited degree program in the State of Arizona. [2]
It was created in Brooklyn, New York City, in 1890 shortly after Melvil Dewey created such a program at Columbia University in 1887. [2] [3] Based in Manhattan, the school administers a master of information and library science degree program that has been accredited by the American Library Association since the 1924–1925 academic year. [4]