Master
In Library & Information Studies — Option 2
ADMISSION
To be admitted to the programme, applicants must be graduates of
approved universities normally with at least a lower second class
degree. Previous work experience in libraries is an advantage but
is not essential. Applicants are required to be computer literate,
(that is, to have a basic knowledge of the operation of a computer
and the software associated with it). It is therefore in the interest
of students, at this stage, to ensure that they have had an introductory
course before entering the programme.
DURATION
The formal programme will normally last for fifteen (15) months
full-time and thirty (30) months part-time.
PROGRAMME
During the first nine months (September—May), the student
will be required to read ten (10) semester courses.
In the first semester (September—December), the student will
be required to take FOUR (4) compulsory courses and ONE (1) elective.
During the next semester (January—May), the student will
take TWO (2) compulsory courses and THREE (3) electives.
During the ensuing three months (June—August), the student
will be attached to an approved library for the satisfactory completion
of a fieldwork placement.
In the next semester (September—December), the student will
return to the University to do TWO (2) semester courses and an independent
study.
Students who have previously completed the Diploma in Library Studies
and who have demonstrated academic growth, may, on the recommendation
of the Department be admitted to complete the Master in Library
Studies programme. The minimum period for such students will be
one semester.
COURSE OF STUDY
Each candidate for the Master in Library Studies (Option 2) will
be required to pursue a course of study and to sit examinations
in twelve (12) courses as set out below:
Compulsory courses are: (3 credits each)
1. LS60A—Foundations of Library and Information
Studies
2. LS61A—Management of Information Units
3. LS62A—Subject Work in Information Retrieval
4. LS63A—Bibliography and Reference Methods
and Materials
Elective courses are: (3 credits each)
5. LS65A—Information Technology I
OR
LS66A—Audiovisual Resources and Services
OR
LS67A—Comparative and International
Information Studies OR
LS67B—History of Books and Printing
OR
LS67C—Archive and Records Management
SEMESTER II
Compulsory courses are: (3 credits each)
1. LS62B—Catalogue Creation and Use
2. LS64A—Research in Information Work
Note: Students who have read a Research Methodology course
before, may, with the approval of the Head of the Department, take
another course chosen from the electives listed below.
Elective courses are: (3 credits each)
3. LS61B—Management of University and
Research Libraries OR
LS61C—Management of Special Libraries
and Information Centres OR
LS61D—Management of Public Library
Service OR
LS61E—Management of School Libraries
and Learning Resource Centres
4. LS63B—Information
Resources in Science and Technology OR
LS63C—Information Resources in the Humanities
OR
LS63D—Information Resources in the Social
Sciences OR
LS63E—Contemporary Literature for Children
& Young Adults OR
LS66B—Audiovisual Resources and Services
II OR
Any of the elective courses listed at five (5) of the first semester
which are offered but not previously taken. OR
Any other course which may be approved from time to time.
Thereafter the student will be required to successfully complete
a fieldwork placement, worth six (6) credits, in approved institution
during the following three months (June—August).
This requirement may be waived by the Department for those students
who have already had considerable field experience at a high level
of administration.
SEMESTER III
Compulsory courses are: (3 credits each)
1. LS69A—Trends and Issues in Library
and Information Work
2. LS69B—Independent Study.
An extended essay/concept paper of 5,000—8,000 words on a
subject previously approved by the Department.
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