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Mission

MIS prepares knowledgeable and ethical professionals in the fields of library, archives and museums for a diverse and global information society by providing a program integrating excellent teaching, inspiring intellectual curiosity and research and fostering interdisciplinary approaches to address challenges and provide exceptional services within diverse communities.

Program Educational Objectives

1. Perform administrative, service, and technical functions of professional practice in libraries, archives, museums and information centers.
2. Use existing and emerging technologies to meet needs in libraries, archival centers, museums and information centers.
3. Integrate relevant research to enhance their work in libraries and information centers.
4. Apply the highest ethical standards in their professional information practice, as articulated by relevant professional organizations.
5. Provide leadership and guidance in their community and to information professions.

Program Outcomes

a. Identify and analyze information needs and opportunities of individuals and organizations
b. Demonstrate critical thinking by integrating relevant models, theories, research and practices
c. Demonstrate management, interpersonal and organizational skills
d. Demonstrate leadership and advocacy skills
e. Communicate knowledge from information studies and multidisciplinary specialties
f. Demonstrate information technology fluency
g. Demonstrate understanding of the selection, acquisition, licensing, organization, preservation, retrieval, and use of recorded knowledge and information resources
h. Promote and model the professional values of ethical responsibility, intellectual freedom, and universal access to information
i. Demonstrate awareness of diverse groups and how to serve them effectively
j. Participate in ongoing professional development
k. Teach others to identify, analyze, organize and use information