Joint Master's in LIS / Certificate in Book Studies

Special collections librarians manage rare book, manuscript, archive and other types of special collections, including graphics, music and ephemera. Students interested special collections, book arts or museum librarianship may pursue a joint master’s degree in Library and Information Science (LIS) and graduate certificate in Book Studies. This option may also be of interest to LIS students interested in book studies scholarship, and to those seeking careers in publishing, graphic arts or book-related industries, that require a similar blend of subject and technical knowledge.

For information about the range of collections at the University of Iowa, see:
The University of Iowa Collections Coalition (UICC):
http://www.uiowa.edu/~collect/

For more information about careers in special collections see:
Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries Division (ACRL) of the American Library Association (ALA).
http://www.rbms.nd.edu/about/index.shtml

Association of Research Libraries Special Collections Program
http://www.arl.org/collect/spcoll/principles.html

Society of American Archivists http://www.archivists.org

For more information about scholarship in book studies, see:
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) http://www.sharpweb.org

Requirements for the Joint Program

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