Description

The program seeks to qualify distinguished professional cadres in the field of libraries and information capable of meeting the needs and requirements of the labor market, conducting outstanding scientific research and community service.

Objectives

1.Enriching the Arab library and developing scientific research through research and scientific studies specialized in library and information science and other related fields.

2.Preparing specialized researchers who are able to prepare scientific studies that contribute to solving issues and problems faced by society in its various institutions in the field of libraries, information and other related fields such as publishing and media institutions and others.

3.To contribute to developing the competence of qualified specialists working in library departments and information institutions and planning for the advancement of the field.

4.Formation of specialized faculty members with high efficiency and ability to enable them to perform their role in qualifying in the specialization and contribute to the success of the educational process in the library and information departments in Libyan universities.

5.Providing scientific consultations in the field of libraries, information and cultural and social institutions to serve the community in a manner that serves the various development plans.

Outcomes

1. The ability to use integrated automated systems in the management of various information institutions.

2. The ability to manage electronic documents, manage historical documents, and manage archival institutions in general.

3 . The ability to objectively analyze information sources through their objective relationships that link them, with the study of laws and bibliometric measurements and their application in solving administrative problems facing the library or information center that provides these services.

4 . The ability to process new formats of bibliographic records according to electronic processing systems for these sources such as AACR), FRBR, RDA, 21 MARC, Metadata.

Certificate Rewarded

The student is granted a master's degree in library, information and archive sciences.

Entry Reuirements

1. The student must have a university degree or its equivalent

 2. The student should submit an original copy of the transcript, the contents of all courses, and the approval of the employer for full-time workers.

3. Students are accepted according to the priority of their estimates in the first university degree, with the exception of foreign students who have scholarships in implementation of agreements concluded between Libya and other countries.

4. A student who has a postgraduate diploma from a recognized university and matches the standards of Libyan universities may be accepted.

 5. The concerned department undertakes the assessment and equivalence of the courses studied by the student at a recognized university with other courses in the department, provided that their number or number of units does not exceed half the number of courses or units required to obtain the license for which the applicant is applying

6. The minimum period spent by the student transferring to the college is at least half of the period decided to obtain the required degree, and this period may be reduced for students whose special cases require that by a decision of the dean of the college based on the proposal of the concerned department and the approval of the graduate studies committee of the college.

7.  أن يجتاز الطالب امتحان القبول للتأكد من مقدرته على مواصلة الدراسة في هذه المرحلة.