LIBRARY SERVICES TO CHILDREN
Certificate of Specialization
Program Details
The Library/Information Technology Program trains students to assist in the management of information in libraries and other venues using print media as well as technology. The program is designed to prepare individuals for employment as a paraprofessional in a public, school, academic, or special library or an information center.
LIBRARY SERVICES TO CHILDREN Pathways
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Communicate diversity awareness through bulletin board and book displays.
- Create a book selection policy based on accepted selection standards.
- Define key terminology in library information technology and web development technologies.
- Describe typical workplace duties for the position of library/information technician.
- Develop a mission statement based on school criteria.
- Evaluate important current issues such as censorship, gender, multiculturalism and intellectual freedom as they pertain to young adults.
- Explain why non-fiction and narrative non-fiction are important to young learners.
- Explain why picture books are an important learning tool for children.
- Identify two awards commonly given for children�s books.
- State how the roles of school library personnel impact the achievement scores of students.