Library Courses Overseas

LIBRARY SCHOOLS (AUSTRALIA)

Library Courses (Professional and Para-professional)

ALIA-recognised courses in library and information studies
Links to tertiary institutes in Australia that offer professional and para-professional librarianship courses.

New South Wales

Charles Sturt University, School of Information Studies
School offers bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctoral degrees, graduate certificates, and graduate diplomas.

University of New South Wales - School of Information Systems, Technology and Management
Information on the academic programme, career planning, research, distance and continuing education, and upcoming events.

University of Technology Sydney, Information and Knowledge Management

Through its undergraduate degree program, the Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Information), the Department aims to educate high-calibre information professionals for a diverse range of occupations and contexts. At the postgraduate level, the Department offers the Master of Arts in Information, as well as specialized courses targeted toward areas of information practice, such as the Graduate diploma in Knowledge Management, Graduate Diploma in Electronic Information Management and Master of Business (Information Technology).

Queensland

Queensland University of Technology, Master of Information Technology
The Faculty offers postgraduate qualifications in Library and Information Studies and Information Management, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Information Technology.

Victoria

Monash University: Library and information studies

Programs are concerned with the organization, management, use and impact of information and information technology by individuals, institutions, and society. The professional focus of the programs is the development of information products, services and systems. Offers bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology: Information and Library Management
RMIT offers a variety of degrees, but have closed their Bachelor of Business in Information and Library Management. However, they still retain their Graduate Diploma in Information Management.

South Australia

University of South Australia, Library and Information Management
The school offers a Graduate Certificate in Library and Information Management, a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Management leading to a Master of Library and Information Management.

West Australia

Curtin University of Technology, Department of Media and Information
The school offers:

• Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management)
• Graduate Certificate in Information and Library Studies
• Graduate Certificate in Knowledge Management
• Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies

Edith Cowan University, School of Computer and Information Science
The school encompasses the disciplines of computer science, software engineering, library technology, delivering courses from the Associate Degree for Science (Library Technology) through to Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science) and (Information Science).

LIBRARY SCHOOLS (New Zealand)

A Summary of New Zealand Library Qualifications

          Library Courses (Professional and Para-professional) Courses

Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Courses in Information and Library Studies
Offers the BA, B App.Sci (Library Studies) and Diplomas (para-professional)

Victoria University of Wellington, School of Communications and Information Management
Offers the MLIS, MA, and PhD in librarianship.