Digital Library Management MSc
Master
In Sheffield
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Sheffield
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
Different dates available
This CILIP-accredited course is about the creation, management and use of digital libraries and resources. It will introduce you to the strategic thinking and project management skills you need for a successful career. You’ll learn about digitisation, repositories, web creation and how to design digital libraries people want to use.
The course combines lectures from academics and professionals, seminars, small-group work and computer labs. We can also help you to develop leadership and management capabilities.
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You’ll need at least a good 2:2 in any subject.
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Subjects
- Design
- Dissertation
- Social Media
- E-commerce
- Database Design
- Data and Society
- Digital Humanities
- Designing
- Digital multimedia
- Digital Libraries
Course programme
Core modules
- Dissertation
- Designing Usable Websites
- Digital Multimedia Libraries
- Management and Strategy for Digital Libraries
- Information Retrieval: Search Engines and Digital Libraries
- Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation
Choose from a range of optional modules including:
- Researching Social Media
- Information Systems in Organisations
- E-Business and E-Commerce
- Database Design
- Libraries, Information and Society
- Information Governance and Ethics
- Data and Society
- Business Intelligence
- Academic and Workplace Library, Information and Knowledge Services
- Archives and Record Management
- Advanced Digital Humanities
You can expect a mix of:
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Tutorials
- Practical laboratory classes
- Group work
- Online discussion
- Case studies
- Lectures by visiting speakers
You’ll be assessed using a wide variety of methods including:
- Essays
- Reports
- Small projects
- In-class tests
- Presentations
- Posters
- Group work
- Research-based dissertation
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Digital Library Management MSc