Masters Programme in IT for University Librarians in Sub-Saharan Africa

An exciting new programme for University Librarians and LIS faculty in Sub-Saharan Africa!

The Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, received a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to establish a Masters programme in IT for university librarians in Sub-Saharan Africa working in an IT environment and LIS faculty at LIS Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This is a two-year coursework Masters with a number of coursework modules and a mini-dissertation of limited scope.

The programme will make use of a blended learning methodology - technology-mediated distance education as well as on-site, face-to-face lectures. The programme is fully funded, making provision for, amongst others, registration fees and travel and accommodation costs during a two- to three-week block visit per semester for on-site lecturing. Lecturing will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, as well as in the USA at the Universities of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Wiscosin-Milwaukee and in Uganda at the Makerere University.

For more information on the programme content, selection criteria, application procedures, important dates, please visit the UP website

Contact

Prof. Theo J.D.  Bothma
Head: Department of Information Science
Chair: School of Information Technology
Dept. of Information Science Information Technology
Building 6-73
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood Road
Pretoria 

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