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Digital Libraries Specialization & Master of Information Science
From preserving cultural materials to exploring how new technologies can be used to share information, digital services are an area of tremendous growth for libraries. Become one of the architects of information exchange with the Digital Libraries Specialization for the Master of Information Science.
The specialization will appear on your transcript.
Requirements (Minimum 36 Credit Hours)
M.I.S. Requirements (18 cr.)
You must also complete the digital literacy requirement.
Specialization Requirements (18 cr.)
You will need to complete:
- Z605 Internship in Library and Information Science (3 cr.)
- Z634 Metadata (3 cr.)
- Z652 Digital Libraries (3 cr.)
- 9 credit hours from the following electives:
- Z502 Collection Development and Management (3 cr.)
- Z504 Cataloging (3 cr.)
- Z511 Database Design (3 cr.)
- Z516 Human Computer Interaction (3 cr.)
- Z517 Web Programming (3 cr.)
- Z532 Information Architecture for the Web (3 cr.)
- Z534 Search (3 cr.)
- Z603 Workshop in Library and Information Science (1–3 cr.): Choose a workshop in Digitizing, Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS), XML, or another topic approved by the specialization advisor
- Z604 Topics in Library and Information Science (1–4 cr.): Choose a course in Digital Curation, Metadata and Semantics, Scholarly Communication, or another topic approved by the specialization advisor
- Z633 Indexing (3 cr.)
- Z635 Ontologies (3 cr.)
- Z636 Semantic Web (3 cr.)
- Z637 Information Visualization (3 cr.)
- Z656 Information Technology Standardization (3 cr.)
- Z657 Digital Humanities (3 cr.)
- Other courses approved by the specialization advisor
Specialization Advisor
John A. Walsh
Associate Professor of Information and Library Science
jawalsh@indiana.edu
IU Resources and Professional Development
- Digital Humanities Quarterly (John Walsh is technical editor)
- Digital Humanities Resources (compiled by John Walsh)
- Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities
- Media Preservation Initiative
- Text Encoding Initiative
Degree requirements for: Spring 2015 / Pre-Fall 2013
