
Overview
This Library and Information Services Management (Distance Learning) course at University of Sheffield will introduce you to the best current thinking and practice, and equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to enter this fast-developing sector. You'll learn core competencies in IT, management and information handling, together with a wide range of specialisms.
Key Features
- The skills of librarians and information specialists are essential to identify, control, organise and make accessible the ever-increasing amounts of information available in paper, digital and multimedia formats.
- You'll be prepared for a professional role in areas ranging from public service to business.
Accreditation
- This course is accredited by CILIP
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Courses include:
- Libraries, Information and Society
- Information Literacy
- Leadership, Strategy and Change
- Information Retrieval: Search Engines and Digital Libraries
- Information and Knowledge Management
- Personal and Professional Development Portfolio
- Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation
- Dissertation
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Duration
- Part-time
- 24 months
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General requirements
- Entry requirements are flexible. You’ll need a combination of a good second-class honours degree and around 12 months’ information-related practical work experience.
- If you don’t have a degree but your professional experience is extensive, you might be able to take the postgraduate certificate or diploma and upgrade to the MA later.
- IELTS score of 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component or equivalent.
- We also accept a range of other UK qualifications and other EU/international qualifications.
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5500 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5500 GBP per year during 24 months. -
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5500 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5500 GBP per year during 24 months.
Funding
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