We live in an information age. In many respects, our society has been transformed by technological advances in communication and the storage of information.

This program is designed to train students to respond to the changing needs of information management in our society. Wherever there is information there is a need to have someone available to assist in organizing it, managing it, and getting it into the hands of those who need to use the information.

The name of our program, Library/Information Technology, is a solid indicator of what we are all about. We train people to assist in the management of information in libraries and other venues using the print medium as well as technology.

While emphasizing technical skills and information researching and gathering competencies, our program also values interpersonal skills. As often as possible we incorporate practical, on-site experiences into our curriculum; this means that students will be utilizing their local library and meeting local library staff. Using libraries as practical work sites serves as a complement to the online class instruction.

The skills, attitudes, and knowledge learned through the Library/ Information Technology Program are ones that have broad applications in all sorts of positions in academic and public libraries, school library media centers, as well as business and archival settings.