Library and Information Studies

Overview

Students are advised through a 30-credit-hour plan of study completed with an advisor and filed with the program director in the semester when 12th credit hour is completed. Coursework may focus on a type of library: academic, public, or special or an area of library and information work such as youth services or evaluation & assessment.

Coursework for the Library and Information Studies MLIS program offered at Old Dominion University is offered asynchronously and online with two face to face requirements: attendance at the Summer Institute held on campus in Norfolk, VA and at a professional conference. Coursework is project-based and students are expected to spend time in a library for most courses. All students complete an internship.

Program Highlights

What makes Library and Information Studies at ODU unique?

• Equips students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions they will need for careers in a complex information and technology-based society. 
• Engages students with their communities by providing project-based learning and internships in real-world settings. 
• Focuses on the preparation of culturally responsive librarians who can provide resources and services for increasingly diverse communities for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world. 
• Connects students to library and information professions. 
• Old Dominion University has been granted candidacy status by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association. Candidacy status is an indication that Old Dominion University has voluntarily committed to participate in the ALA accreditation process and is actively seeking accreditation. Candidacy does not indicate that the program is accredited nor does it guarantee eventual accreditation of the program by ALA.