Library and Information Science Department
Information and you - a powerful but complex relationship. The Department of Library and Information Science makes this relationship our focus.
You will learn to lead in information rich contexts and systems: from knowledge management to children's literature; from digital libraries to information technology and informatics; from information interfaces and economics to the design and evaluation of information, information services, and information agencies.
- Our Master's degree program ranks sixth in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report, drawing students to both its campus in New Brunswick, NJ and to its online options.
- Our undergraduates are in high demand by employers seeking people who can manage information systems for the benefit of their human users.
- Our PhD program concentration in LIS features in depth study in Information Science and Library Science. It prepares graduates to become professors in highly ranked LIS schools, leaders in the library profession, and researchers in the information technology industry. Click here to find out more about the LIS PhD concentration , the LIS core faculty and our interdisciplinary PhD program.
- The graduates from all of our degree programs and certificate programs find employment in traditional professional roles and in many high-tech industries and organizations.
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