About the program and its main topics
The Master of Library and Information Science program is an educational, training and research program that aims to provide advanced knowledge and skills in the field to contribute to providing human resources at a high level of cognitive and applied skills in the fields of information science from organizing information and its sources and managing information source systems and services in addition to the knowledge necessary to employ information and communications technology to provide advanced information and knowledge services to serve the changing needs of information beneficiaries in Jordan and the entire Arab world. The program works to create a knowledge, educational and research environment that enhances the principles and values of initiative, participation, transparency, creativity, respect for the values of work and time, and keeping pace with rapid developments in the meaning of information in line with the mission of the college and the university. The program offers advanced and specialized courses in the fields of organizing information sources and the technical processes necessary to organize them, such as objective analysis and advanced classification. It also offers special topics in the field of scientific research and its procedures. In addition, the program offers advanced topics related to information and communications technology such as building and managing databases, information storage and retrieval systems, information networks, and other important technological topics in the fields and applications of libraries and information centers.
Program Vision
The program's vision is in line with the vision of the department, college, and university in that the department be classified globally as a distinguished department in information science that works to root the culture of excellence, leadership, creativity, and research among its students.
Message The program
It is represented in providing educational, training and research programs that contribute to providing high-level human resources to manage information resources and services systems in Jordan and the Arab world and works to create a knowledge, educational and research environment that enhances the principles and values of initiative, participation, transparency and creativity and respect for the values of work and time and keeping pace with rapid developments in the meaning of information in line with the mission of the college and the university.
Objectives of the program
1. Preparing specialists with a high level of knowledge and skill to work in the field of Libraries and information.
2. Providing students with the skills and competencies necessary to manage information institutions of all kinds.
3. Providing students with the skills necessary to process information sources technically in the electronic environment.
3. Providing students with the skills necessary to process information sources technically in the electronic environment.
4. Providing students with advanced information technology applications in information institutions.
5. Providing students with the skills and information necessary to provide information services in the environment Digital.
6. Increasing students’ awareness of current trends and developments in library and information science.
7. Providing students with research skills, methods and techniques in library and information science.
