1999 Distance Education Handbook - Graduate Diploma in Information Management (Librarianship)

Graduate Diploma in Information Management (Librarianship)

Course information
Aims
Professional recognition
Entry requirements
Special requirements
Attendance
- Semester 1
- Semester 2
Details of subjects
Initial enrolment
Assessment
Credits/exemptions
Further information
Completed applications

Course information

Course Code: 2043
Clayton campus
Fee paying course: course fee $ 6,000 (in 1998)
Overseas student fees: $ 12,075 (in 1998)

To educate information professionals to manage information in all media to meet the social and business needs of the community for information services and products.
To provide a professional course in librarianship grounded in the humanities and social sciences, and contemporary information and communication technology.
To produce independent, self-sufficient professionals able to work in a range of roles, as an employee, team member, contractor or self-employed practitioner.

Professional recognition

Recognition of this new course is being sought from the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).

Entry requirements

Applicants must have qualified for a bachelors degree at Monash University or at another teriary institution approved by the faculty.

Special requirements

Students need to have access to a PC with a CD-Rom drive and a modem. Access to the Internet, email and a Web browser (such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) via a commercial service provider.

Attendance

Some subjects will have an occasional weekend school at Clayton campus, for example 3 per semester.

Semester 1

LAR4001 The information continuum
LAR4002 Computing for information professionals
LAR4650 Information resources: acquisition and access
LAR4651 Information resources: organisation

Semester 2

LAR4610 Managing information services
LAR4652 Reference principles and practice
LAR4653 Library contexts and clients
LAR4654 Professional practice (librarianship)

Details of subjects

LAR4001: The information continuum

LAR4002: Computing for information professionals

LAR4610: Managing information services

LAR4650: Information resources: acquisition and access

LAR4651: Information resources: organisation

LAR4652: Reference principles and practice

LAR4653: Library contexts and clients

LAR4654: Professional practice (librarianship)

Initial enrolment

Students can enter in either first or second semester.

Assessment

Assessment is a combination of projects, essays, exercises and open-book tests.

Credits/exemptions

There is provision for advanced standing and credit transfer. This will be finalised after offer.

Further information

For more detailed information, contact Ms June Anderson, Course Coordinator, School of Information Management and Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Clayton campus.
Telephone: (03) 9905 2950, or fax: (03) 9905 2952, or email june.anderson@sims.monash.edu.au

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded (by 16 November 1998 to be considered for a first round offer) to: Ms Genevieve Flore,
graduate studies officer, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168.