New: Certificate in Library and Information Studies

(Replacing the Certificate in Basic Skills in Library/Information Studies)

USP Library and the Regional Centre for Continuing & Community Education 

About the Programme

The University of the South Pacific Library with the Regional Centre for Continuing & Community Education and the USP Distance & Flexible Learning Support Centre (DFL) offers a programme in basic skills for library and information centre staff.  

The courses are at vocational level and are offered primarily by distance education mode (printed course materials supplemented by satellite tutorials and online support through the learning mangaement system: Moodle (online assignment submission, discussion forums and additional resources).

Eligibility

The courses are directed at library staff in Pacific libraries who:

• have no formal library training, and
• who have not yet attained the prerequisite to undertake the Diploma in Library/Information Studies currently offered by USP.

To be eligible to enter into the Certificate programme, a student will need

• Sixth form (or equivalent) with a pass in English, or
• Admission with standing (i.e. Mature Age entry).

If a student has a pass in either LLF11 Communication and Study Skills or 7th Form English or equivalent, that student should enrol in the Diploma. Otherwise students should enrol in the Certificate.

Course Structure

There are 5 courses, each 15 weeks, as follows:

UEL001	TBA
UEL002	TBA
UEL003	TBA
UEL004	TBA
UEL005	TBA

Please note, these courses cannot be accredited to the Diploma programme.  Students who wish to enrol to the Diploma programme must first meet the Diploma prerequisites.

Contact

Liviana Tabalala
Coordinator.
Certificate in basic Skills in Library/Information Studies
University of the South Pacific Library
Laucala Campus
Suva, Fiji
Tel.: +679 323 2283
Fax:  +679 323 1528
E-mail: libtrain(at)usp.ac.fj