PROGRAM CONCENTRATIONS

CULTURAL INFORMATICS - a conceptural framework

Cultural Informatics, defined at the intersection of culture, digital technology, and information science, serves as an orverarching concept for SILS programs in the areas such as digitalcultural heritage across libraries museums and archives, digital humanities and informaiton studies in the context of arts and humanities and digital curaiton and preservation.  Coursework is supported by the Cultural Informatics Lab (rm. 609), the iLab (rm. 608) and digital media lab (rm 606).

We invite you to explore our program concentrations, all of which you can pursue within your MSLIS degree.  Left - your digital self - find new meanings and ways of knowing and doing.

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WISE: World Information, Society and Environments

The WISE program concentration focuses on information and digital technology in diverse global and social contexts, including business, government, law, policy and politics, and health information.  This program also builds on the notion that, for example, students in law librarianship are advantaged by taking courses such as government documents, international information sources, and business statistics, research, and databases.

 

Digital Humanities

The Digital Humanities program concentration reflects current trends in the area of digital humanities, including cultural heritage; data collection and knowledge organization; data analysis and visualization; digital project management; preservation; digital pedagogy and social media; and the changing natures of scholarship and publication in the digital age. Courses in the program emphasize the special role of librarians and information professionals in supporting research, teaching, and professional development in this area.

User Experience

The User Experience (UX) concentration teaches students how to design usable, useful, and desirable digital interfaces from a user-centered perspective. Through coursework and hands-on practice, students will be trained in the methods used to understand users and their contexts and apply that knowledge to the design and evaluation of interactive technologies.

Digital Management for Cultural Heritage

Developed through IMLS funding for Project CHART (Cultural Heritage, Access, Research and Technology) the Digital Management for Cultural Heritage program prepares students for careers in cultural heritage institutions in the digital world across libraries, archives and museums and other cultural institutions. Students acquire a wide range of skills and knowledge enabling them to be leaders in the field working from a cutting-edge vantage point and with creativity.

LEO: Literacy, Education and Outreach

This area of study focuses on: Literacy programs for K-12 including visual and media literacy School libraries and library media specialist (LMS); Public libraries - Children and YA Librarianship; museum education centers and programs; educational technology and user education.  Increasingly, librarians are playing a pivotal role in literacy across all media for  both real and virtual users of  libraries and information centers from research and museum libraries to school and public libraries. Creative Teaching and Learning. 

 

Rare Books and Special Collection in the Digital World

Enriching our programs in the field of cultural informatics, this program in Rare Books and Special Collections is taught from traditional and digital perspectives.  It prepares students for careers in academic and research libraries and for professional positions in arts and humanities collections and services. Key courses take place at the New York Public Library, (42nd St., South Court), affording students the rare opportunity to have access to world-class collections.  Students participate in digitization projects to get hands-on experience, creating digital archives based on rare books and special collections.  Our new iLab, wth its ATIZ book scanner, is designed to support teaching and student projects in the digitization of rare books and manuscripts.

New York Public Library Partnership for Education

From the Museum and Library Research course at the Watson Library to Special Collections courses focusing on Art, Map, and Ephemera collections to the Rare Books course, we focus on learning on location and on hands-on experience.