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The new name reflected the change in the school's degree designation from Master of Library Science (MLS) to Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), which occurred in 1985. [5] [7] This change addressed the evolution of library schools across Canada to reflect the expanding impact of computers and technology on the discipline. [8]
The MLIS/MLS curriculum can vary widely. [10] Typically, both theoretical and practical components are included. A comprehensive measurement of the library student's mastery of the field occurs during the last semester of the program and consists of a research project, often tied to a practicum or internship, or a master's thesis. Some schools ...
Academic Library Association (ALA), India [7] Andhra Pradesh Library Association [8] Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkey [9] Association of Librarians in Public Sector (ALPS), Inc. [10] Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines [11] Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists.
Library science (often termed library studies and library economy) [note 1] 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.
Some student governments have very large budgets; the student government at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) had an annual budget of $39 million as of 2013, and the Florida International University Student Government had an annual budget of $20.3 million as of 2021. [4][5] The student governments with the authority to set ...
Librarians in North America typically earn a master's degree, typically the Master of Library Science (MLS) or the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS). [19] This degree allows one to work as a practicing librarian in public libraries, academic libraries, school library media centers, and special libraries, while many individuals ...
The UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS) ( University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) offers a bachelor's degree in information science, a master's degrees in library science and information science, a master's degree in digital curation, and a doctoral degree in information and library science as well as an undergraduate minor, graduate certificate programs, and a post ...
The School of Information Sciences, also The iSchool at Illinois, is an undergraduate and graduate school at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Its Master of Science in Library and Information Science is currently accredited in full good standing by the American Library Association. The school is a charter member of the iSchool ...