- The MLIS Degree is a two-year program that blends theoretical insights with practical expertise and research opportunities, preparing graduates for the competitive job market today, as well as for the challenges of the 21st century.
- The Post-MLIS Certificate of Specialization allows those who already have an MLIS degree but who want to redirect their careers or update their knowledge to design individual programs of study related to their career development goals.
- The Ph.D. Degree focuses on research into the theory, methods, and history of library, information, and archival sciences. The doctoral program has six areas within which students may focus: information policy, information institutions, information as evidence, information seekers, information structures, information systems.
Program Information
The Archival Studies specialization is available for students in any of the following IS programs:
- Jean-François Blanchette: Digital preservation, electronic records management, privacy and data retention.
- Jonathan Furner: History, philosophy, and sociology of the information sciences.
- Anne J. Gilliland: Archival administration, electronic records management, cultural heritage systems, digital asset management, and metadata creation and management.
- Mary Niles Maack: Social history of librarianship and archives in the U.S., France, and Africa; literacy, and historical methodology.
- Steven Ricci: Film, Television, and Digital Media archives.
- John V. Richardson, Jr.: Government information policy; history of education for library, information, and archival science.
- Ramesh Srinivasan: Digital archives for indigenous communities, digital ethnography.
Faculty Subject & Research Expertise
The IS Faculty has a strong research interest in a variety of areas relevant to archives and preservation theory and practice. They include: