I started my MLIS (Masters in Library and Information Science) at Pratt Institute, School of Information in the fall of 2024. This wasn’t so much a “pivot” from my Ph.D. at UC San Diego, where I am ABD (all but dissertation), but a choice to pursue an applied degree and the expected certificate to work in most institutional libraries and archives, or a related information profession.
The training an MLIS can vary, but I want to share the list of the courses I’ve taken over the past 2 years in the hopes that it can bring some clarity to how I’ve been spending my time and the professional training I’ve worked to achieve.
- INFO-601 Foundations of Information
- INFO-653 Knowledge Organization
- INFO-652 Reference and Instruction
- INFO-660 Collection Development
- INFO-655 Digital Preservation/Curation
- INFO-625 Management of Archives/Special Collections
- INFO-639 Database Design and Development
- INFO-665 Projects in Digital Archives
- INFO-608 Human Information Interaction [in-progress]
- INFO-651 Emotional Design [in-progress]
- INFO-674 Genealogy and Local History [registered for FA26]
- FA-692A Integrated Practices [registered for FA26]
