M.S. in Library and Information Science: Certificates

Management for Information Professionals Certificate

Help organizations effectively leverage critical information.

Learn to lead while developing and managing organizational change, strategic partnerships, collaboration, and information-related projects.

Through St. John’s University’s Master of Library and Information Science: Management for Information Professionals, you are prepared to build processes and solve knowledge management issues across organizations. Using ethical practices and cutting-edge methods, you help businesses maintain critical information, effectively leverage resources, and more.

The 12-credit Advanced Certificate in Social Justice in the Information Professions and the Advanced Certificate in Management for Information Professionals may be completed as part of the online Master of Science in Library and Information Science program with no additional coursework.

Career Outlook: Pursue a Variety of Career Options

As a Certified Information Professional, you could earn an average salary of $88,000 and take on high-paying positions—earning more than $100,000 annually—in roles like Records and Information Management Director, Records Manager, and Solutions Architect.¹

Curriculum: Align Your Courses With Your Goals

Explore the intricacies of knowledge management software and learn to create a plan of action to protect, organize, and maintain an organization’s essential information.

Through 36 credits of core and certificate coursework, you learn how to design processes for monitoring information, leverage marketing tactics to improve how stakeholders interact with knowledge assets, and more. Graduate with the skills to stand out in the critical field of information management.

Certificate Outcomes

• Develop a strategic plan, marketing plan, knowledge-management-action plan, and project charter.
• Develop an organizational process by applying learning theory, instructional methods, and evaluation techniques.
• Analyze complex problems, create appropriate solutions, and communicate them effectively in verbal and written format.
• Understand the life cycle of recorded knowledge and information, from creation through various stages of use.
• Demonstrate the skills to develop information literacy plans and instructional activities for empowering library patrons and communities in combating the issues of misinformation, fake news, propaganda, and conspiracy theories.
• Understand the role of information workers in promoting public health, civic engagement, and overall well-being in an information-rich society.

Social Justice Online Certificate

Utilize information to plan for social action.

Learn to analyze, problem-solve and exercise creativity while using complex information to fight for social justice.

St. John’s University’s Master of Library and Information Science: Social Justice online certificate program will prepare you to identify practices that promote social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. This program will also provide the skills necessary to prepare a multicultural program proposal, an infodemic management plan, a misinformation awareness program, an assessment of the information needs of diverse users, and a plan for social action and advocacy in LIS practice, in addition to developing other anti-racism competences.

The 12-credit Advanced Certificate in Social Justice in the Information Professions and the Advanced Certificate in Management for Information Professionals may be completed as part of the online Master of Science in Library and Information Science program with no additional coursework.

Career Outlook: Find a Career in an In-Demand Field

Social justice is a growing specialty in library and information science. Some potential careers include community information resources coordinator, diversity services librarian and outreach librarian. Outreach librarians earn an average of $46,395 per year.³

Curriculum: The Skills You Need to Succeed

Through the 12 credits of core coursework, you will learn how to serve diverse populations, apply cultural competence knowledge, stifle the evolution of fake news and more. Graduate with the skills to stand out in the growing field of social justice.

Specialization Outcomes

• Describe the dynamics of positionality and cultural identity related to race, power, privilege, oppression, and other variables.
• Identify practices that promote social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Develop and apply principles and practices for assessing the informational, cultural, educational, recreational, and citizenship needs of diverse audiences, including special, marginalized, and/or underserved users.
• Articulate various concepts of social justice and understand how these concepts can be applied to make positive contributions to LIS practice and research and local service constituencies.
• Describe and leverage cultural competence knowledge and skills in all interactions with colleagues and service groups.
• Demonstrate the skills to develop information literacy plans and instructional activities for empowering library patrons and communities in combating the issues of misinformation, fake news, propaganda, and conspiracy theories.
• Understand the role of information workers in promoting public health, civic engagement, and overall well-being in an information-rich society.