Online Certificate in Users and Library Services
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Users and Library Services
The online graduate certificate in Users and Library Services focuses provides a deep understanding how diverse groups of people search for and use information and information technologies. Additionally, it examines how these insights and concepts influence the design and utilization of effective library services. Through a four-course curriculum consisting of two required courses and two associated electives, graduates will develop a unique expertise that will position them to excel within government, nonprofit, and higher education community information environments as library service professionals through effective utilization of metadata functions and schemes, information architecture theories and practices, digital library technologies, data curation, and digital stewardship.
PROGRAM FEATURES
- Understanding of how diverse groups of people seek and use information in a variety of contexts
- Explore current issues in information literacy, including information evaluation, perspective, and bias
- Examine current trends in library and information services
- Flexible online classes taught by respected, industry-tested faculty within Drexel’s College of Computing & Informatics