The Minneapolis Community & Technical College Library Information Technology programs are now available entirely online. For detailed information go to
<http://www.minneapolis.edu/academics/areaofstudy.cfm?aos_id=88>. The degree and certificate programs are designed to educate and train people to work at the library paraprofessional level (also know as library technicians or associates).
The Associate of Science Degree in Library Information Technology, which is composed of 33 program credits and 30 liberal arts/general education credits, provides students with a solid grounding in library theory and practice and a strong foundation of general education courses that can lead to further study in the liberal arts. Library science classes include an introduction to public and technical services, cataloging, indexing and abstracting, reference and online services, and intellectual freedom and information ethics. The A.S. degree also requires students to do a 4 credit internship, and take an intermediate computer course in Microsoft Office applications, and a business course on Human Relations and Team Building. Required general education classes include two writing/composition courses, a speech course, and a course in Information Studies entitled Ideas, Censorship and Politics. All general education courses are also available in a fully online format, or can be taken on campus in traditional face-to-face format.
The Certificates in Public and Technical Information Services are each 14 credits, or you can earn both certificates by taking a total of 20 credits. The courses for the two certificates are the same core library courses required for the A.S. degree. Therefore if you wish to continue on for the A.S. degree you only need take (or transfer in) the remaining 30 credits of general education, and complete the computer and business courses and the library internship.
We also offer our library courses to non-degree seeking students with instructor permission. However, first priority is given to students seeking a degree or certificate.
Applications and admission for fall semester 2008 is now open. The program only accepts 20 new students per year on a first come first serve basis. Fall semester classes begin August 25, 2008. For general application and admissions information go to <http://www.minneapolis.edu/prospectivestudents/submityourapplication.cfm>.
If you have a prior college degree, or college level writing classes, you will not have to take the college placement test in reading. If you do not have a prior college degree or writing classes, you will need to take the Accuplacer reading test either at the MCTC testing center, or a
local community or technical college testing center that offers the Accuplacer test. All MnSCU community & technical colleges offer the test, and the Accuplacer test is the most widely used assessment test at 2-year colleges.
If you are interested in more information you can contact:
Tom Eland, Information Studies Coordinator, thomas.eland@minneapolis.edu, or Virginia Heinrich, MCTC Library Operations Coordinator, virginia.heinrich@minneapolis.edu
Note: Tom Eland is available for contact May 20 - June 19, and July 29 -
August 16. Virginia Heinrich is available for contact June 20 - July 28.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Online Library Information Technology Program
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Reference Renaissance registration now open
Reference Renaissance will be held in Denver, Colorado August 4-5, 2008.
Head on over to http://www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance to register and for updates on programs and speakers. Early Bird Registration is $150 by May 31st. Regular registration is $175.
We're expecting 300-400 attendees from all over the US and from all types of libraries!
Contact Brenda Bailey-Hainer at bbailey@bcr.org or 303.751.6277 ext. 117 if you have any questions.
About the Conference:
A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends
August 4-5, 2008, Denver, CO
Sponsored by BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research) and RUSA (Reference and User Services Association), an ALA Division
Rumors of the “death of reference” have been greatly exaggerated! Reference and information services now encompass not just traditional forms such as in-person point-of-service, telephone, and e-mail, but also Instant Messaging, Text Messaging (SMS), blogs, wikis, library pages on MySpace and Facebook, and virtual reference desks in Second Life.
A Reference Renaissance: Current and Future Trends conference will explore all aspects of reference service in a broad range of contexts, including libraries and information centers, in academic, public, school, corporate, and other special library environments. This two-day conference will incorporate the multitude of established, emerging, and merging types of reference service including both traditional and virtual reference. It presents an opportunity for all reference practitioners and scholars to explore the rapid growth and changing nature of reference, as an escalating array of information technologies blend with traditional reference service to create vibrant hybrids.
Our theme of a “Reference Renaissance” was taken from an editorial by Diane Zabel, in a recent issue of Reference and User Services Quarterly (winter 2007). Zabel wrote of a “resurgence of interest in reference” and that “reference is experiencing a regeneration, a reference renaissance.”
Monday, March 24, 2008
College of St. Catherine Dept. of Information Management survey
Monday, March 10, 2008
Continuing Education survey
