Program Concentrations

SILS offers a wide range of program concentrations supported by an in-depth array of specialized courses.

 

 

 

WISE: World Information Science 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.

Cultural Informatics

The Cultural Informatics program concentration is where culture, digital technology, and information science converge.  This program serves as an umbrella concept for SILS programs in the areas such as digital information design and use in the context of arts and humanities, museums libraries and archives, cultural heritage access, preservation, and social media.  Coursework is supported by the Cultural Informatics Informatics Lab and the New Media Lab.

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 Collections

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.

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.