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M.S. in Library and Information Science: Certificates

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Dive Deeper With Your Studies

Students enrolled in the M.S. in Library and Information Science program at St. John’s University have the option of choosing between two unique certificate programs: Management for Information Professionals and Social Justice in the Information Professions. These certificate programs provide a deeper look at how library and information science is applied in these areas to manage information and make positive change in the world. The 12-credit certificates may be completed as part of the online master’s program with no additional coursework.

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

Career Spotlight: Records and Information Management Director

Lead the information and record-keeping, curating, and purging for an organization. As a Records and Information Management Director, you design systems for maintaining information, oversee schedules for document review, and manage organizational information policies. The average annual salary for a Records and Information Management Director is $112,415.2

Jobs and Income

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.

Students choose from the following certificate courses:

  • LIS 240: Management of Information Organizations
  • LIS 262: Project Management in Information Organizations
  • LIS 263: Marketing and Advocacy in Information Organizations
  • LIS 282: Knowledge Management in Information Organizations
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Certificate Outcomes

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

Jobs and Income

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.

Courses include:

  • LIS 222: Materials & Services to Diverse Populations
  • LIS 275: Cultural Competence for Information Professionals
  • LIS 283: Social Justice in the Information Professions
  • LIS 320: Fake News and Misinformation
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Specialization Outcomes

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Sources

  1. Salary for Certification: Certified Information Professional (CIP). (n.d.). Retrieved January 4, 2019, from https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Certification=Certified_Information_Professional_(CIP)/Salary.
  2. Average Records and Information Management Director Salary. (n.d.). Retrieved January 4, 2019, from https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Records_and_Information_Management_Director/Salary.
  3. “Average Librarian with Community Outreach/Activism Skills Salary.” payscale.com. Retrieved on August 30, 2022 from https://www.payscale.com/.