MLIS Program Granted Continued ALA Accreditation
The Master of Library and Information Science program at the University of Denver Morgridge College of Education has been granted continued accreditation status by the American Library Association (ALA). The decision to grant continued accreditation to the program was based on the “totality of the accomplishment and the environment for learning.”
The Master of Library Information Science is a both theory and practice-based curriculum, focusing on 21st century informational science and data management, and developing the skills needed to evaluate, manage, and adapt to technological change. Graduates of the program have chosen various areas for their fieldwork, including:
- Archiving at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Archiving interstate projects for the Colorado Department of Transportation
- Digitization project in the British Library
- Digitization projects at the Denver Public Library
- Oral history digitization project at the Jeffco Public Library
- Creating a digital library about sensory learning
- Developing and launching a usability study for academic libraries
- Rebuilding the digital repository of a medical library
The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Founded on October 6, 1876 during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the mission of ALA is “to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.”