THIS comprehensive, updated list of CILIP accredited courses is possibly the best starting point for anyone looking to further their understanding of the sector and bol- ster their career prospects. The list below only includes courses tak- ing on new students and there have been some changes this year.
Sadly, after a long tradition of teach- ing library and information studies at the University, Northumbria University has closed its course to new students. Alumni include Liz Jolly, Chief Librarian
at the British Library, and Luke Burton, Director, Libraries, Arts Council England (see pp. 26-29). However, students who are currently enrolled on the course will not be affected and the course remains accredited.
Meanwhile a new course launches this autumn at the University of Manchester, the MA Library and Archive Studies, which is in the process of accreditation and which is set to complete in 2024. For more information and links to all their webpages visit:
www.cilip.org.uk/page/ Qualifications
Aberystwyth
The Department of Information at Aberystwyth University has the most CILIP accredited courses. Dr Anoush Simon, head of information studies, said: “This means that you can have confidence in receiving excellent teaching and academic support, and a professionally accredited qualification at the end of your studies.” She added that “staff expertise is complemented through close professional links both locally and nationally. The presence of staff with expertise in the professional sectors of both libraries and archives, including a growing specialism in digital information and AI, enables us to share ex- pertise to deliver schemes like Digital Information and Media Management as well as the well-established, broad-based courses. All our courses are available as full time (on-campus) and flexible distance learn- ing, allowing students to work while studying for a professional qualification. For 2022 we have new online standalone short courses (as well as optional modules) in School Libraries, Children and Reading, Music Librarianship, and Digital Presence.”
Link:
www.aber.ac.uk/en/dis Courses
BA Cultural Heritage Studies: Libraries, Archives and Museums. Full Time.
BSc Information and Library Studies. Distance Learning
BA Information Studies and History/Media Studies.
Full Time. MA/Postgraduate Diploma Archives and Records Management. Full Time.
MA/Postgraduate Diploma Archives and Records Management. Distance Learning.
MA/Postgraduate Diploma Information and Library Studies Full Time.
MA/Postgraduate Diploma Information and Library Studies Distance Learning
MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Digital Information and Media Management. Full Time.
MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Digital Information and Media Management. Distance Learning.
Accredited to December 2025
munities, services and impact. Information Science has an emphasis on subject specific information resources, and on the ethico-legal and technologi- cal solutions that enable storage, communication, organisation and access.
Link:
www.city.ac.uk/about/schools/communication-creativity/me- dia-cultural-creative-industries/library-and-information-science
Courses
MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Information Science. Full-time.
MA/MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Library Science. Full-time.
Accredited to May 2025
Link:
www.cranfield.ac.uk/courses/taught/information-capa- bility-management and
www.cranfield.ac.uk/courses/taught/cyber-defence-and-infor- mation-assurance
Courses MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Information Capability Management. Full-time and part-time.
MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Cyber Defence & Information Assurance. Full-time and part-time.
Accredited to December 2024
Manchester Metropolitan University (iSchool) Department of Languages, Information and Communications
CILIP accredited courses include the MA in Library and Information Management which prepares graduates of all disciplines for a career in the modern information society and its industries. As a professional qualification it enables progression to Chartership in your first professional post.
Coleg Llandrillo
Most accredited courses are aimed at postgradu- ates but Grŵp Llandrillo Menai offers specialisation at an earlier stage with a Foundation Degree (FdA) in Library and Information Management and then the opportunity to progress onto Level 6 and gain a full honours degree. These qualifications, which are available as distance learning, enable students to develop in a range of professional areas relating to library and information work and also critical practices and independent learning strategies, which will allow you to undertake research and take full responsibility for your own learning and professional development.
Link:
www.gllm.ac.uk/course-type/degrees-higher-education Courses
FdA Library and Information Management. Part-time.
BA (Hons) Library and Information Manage- ment. Part-time.
Accredited to April 2024
Your study will focus on the principles for the organisation, retrieval, usabilty and accessibility of information and on the strategic management of information organisations, such as libraries, the information landscape, for example online and on the web, and on the development of library and information services of all kinds in- cluding how to develop people’s information and digital literacies. You will be able to specialise by choosing from two options – either E-learning in the Organisation or Introduction to Health Librarianship.
You may undertake a placement, which we will help you to source, in information units, libraries and other relevant centres, including large corporations, local government, the National Health Service, financial and legal services. This will provide networking opportunities within the library, information and media industries.
Link:
https://bit.ly/488vYS7 Courses
MA/Postgraduate Diploma Library and Informa- tion Management. Full-time and part-time.
Accredited to July 2024
Cranfield University
Defence Academy – College of Management and Technology,
City, University of London
City’s Department of Library and Information Science (CityLIS) offers Masters courses in Library Science and in Information Science. The courses offer a unique professional focus on the fundamental principles of the library and information science discipline. Library Science concentrates on knowledge and skills related to collections, both physical and digital, taking into account information resources, audiences, com- 38 INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL
Cranfield has two CILIP accredited courses, one of which focuses on understanding and articulating the executive-level responses to serious present and emerging threats in the information domain and enables the student to gain an organisational view of cyber, the domain, the drivers and constraints. The other tackles the need to understand the strategic importance of information and develop agile, effective and secure ways to exploit it to its full potential. To do this, effective information capa- bility management must be developed throughout the organisation so that the right information is available to the right people at the right time in an effective, efficient and secure manner.
Northumbria University (iSchool) The Department of Computer and Informa- tion Sciences offers Masters in Information Science focusing on Data Analytics. This course combines traditional modules in information science, such as information organisation and access, user behaviour, and information systems and technol ogies with specialised modules that focus on data analytics aspects such as how to design and manip ulate databases, and analysing big data in order to improve business/organisa- tional decision making. This course is designed equally for those who are already information professionals in businesses/organisations and those who are looking to break into the sector for the first time.
Link:
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-depart- ments/computer-and-information-sciences
Courses
MSc Information Science (Data Analytics). Full- time campus based.
MSc Information Science (Data Analytics) with Advanced Practice. Full-time campus based.
Accredited to June 2025 September 2023
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