Course details
The programme is designed for graduates of all disciplines wishing to pursue a career in Information & Library Management on a professional level. The programme also enables existing library personnel to obtain a professional library qualification for promotional purposes.
Key Features of the MSc Information & Library Management
The MSc in Information and Library Management provides learners with the applied professional knowledge and competencies required of a manager within the information and library sector.
The programme is taught by a combination of experienced academic staff and senior industry practitioners. Built into the programme is an industry relevant work placement of three weeks or equivalent duration. Work experience placements are coordinated by an Employer Liaison Officer from the DBS Careers Department. Learners with relevant experience are exempt from this element of the programme but are facilitated should they wish to partake. Placements secured in the previous articulation of the programme include the libraries of the Irish Film Institute, National College of Ireland, Arthur Cox Solicitors, Dublin Dental Hospital, NUI Maynooth, RTE and the Irish Hospice Foundation.
A key feature of the programme is the Personal and Professional Development module which allows the learner to enhance their employability through the development of key transferable skills.
Graduates of the programme can progress to roles as library managers, systems librarians, reader services managers, collection development managers, institutional repository managers and teaching Librarians in a variety of library settings: medical, legal, public, etc. Graduates are also qualified for information management roles in the corporate sector such as records management and in the creation, management and promotion of digital content.
Graduates of the MSc in Information and Library Management have obtained professional library roles in a variety of information management and library settings such as Assistant Librarian and Information Officer. Please see career opportunities for further information.
Key features include:
- The programme provides learners with a rigorous academic foundation in and a systematic understanding of the principles, theory and application of information and library management incorporating a contemporary skill set central to the profession.
- The learner will acquire strong analytical skills that will allow them to identify and critically evaluate technological, political, social, regulatory and economic changes affecting the information and library environment.
- The programme enables learners to attain the ability to solve practical and complex problems within a variety of information and library environments.
- The programme facilitates the acquisition of transferable skills such as leadership, advocacy, communication and IT skills through the Personal and Professional Development module.
- A 3 week work placement in a library and or information management setting. For part-time students this can be facilitated around any work commitments an Individuals may have. If an Individuals has prior work experience in any of the above they are exempt from placement.
Entry Requirements
To be considered for admission, applicants must hold a minimum Second Class Honours Degree (2.2) in a non-cognate discipline from a recognised third level institution or equivalent qualification
- An IELTS score of a minimum 6.5 or equivalent, where full-time study has been conducted in a language other than English or applicants whose first language is not English.
Programme Content
Subject to validation,the MSc in Information & Library Management will have the following modules in stages 1 & 2.
Stage 1
Core
- Information Organisation
- Information Technologies
- The Teaching Librarian
- Records Management and Information Rights
- Personal and Professional Development
- Research Methods
- Network Resource Management
- Information Architecture
- Management for Information and Library Professionals
Stage 2
MSc Award
- Dissertation
Course Location
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