Library Education and Career Options

Sacramento City College

• Associate in Science in Library and Information Technology
• Career Certificate in Library and Information Technology

Audience

• Those interested in working in a library in a paraprofessional positions.
• Those interested in exploring a career in Library and Information Science.

Requirements

• 21-22 semester units
• Courses are taught in the evening and weekends.

Enrollment

• Students may enroll in the program in either fall or spring semester.  (Note: if a student wishes to complete the program in 2 semesters, they must start their coursework in the fall.  This option is not available every year.)

Completion Time 

• 2-4 semesters

Career Track

• Library Technician
• Library Paraprofessional

Website

• http://www.scc.losrios.edu/~litprog/index.htm 

California State University Sacramento

• Library Media Teacher Services Credential

Audience

• Credentialed teachers wanting to teach in a library setting.
• Public or state librarians desiring a school library position.
• School library employees holding emergency credentials.

Requirements

• 11 required courses - 31 total unites of graduate level academic credit.
• Courses are offered on Friday evenings and Saturdays.
• Each course is offered once over a 12 month period.
• Prerequisites: California Basic Teaching Credential, CBEST

Enrollment

• Students must apply for admission with CSUS during the Spring semester in order to start in August

Completion Time 

• 12 consecutive months, beginning in August (student must commit to completion of the program within 12 months).

Career Track

• Library Media Teachers

Website

• http://www.cce.csus.edu/Catalog/course_group_detail.asp?group_number=131&group_version=2

San Jose State University

• Credential, California Library Media Teacher Services
• MLIS, Master of Library and Information Science

Audience

• Those who wish to obtain a Master of Library and Information Science.  You must have this degree to work as a professional librarian

Requirements

• 42 semester units
• Entrance Requirements
  • B.A. or B.S. degree from a regionally accredited institution in any discipline.
  • 3.0 minimum GPA on the most recent 60 semester unites (or 90 quarter units) of coursework.  
  • Applicants with a GPA of 2.8-2.99 will be considered on a space available basis.  These applicants must submit GRE scores of at least 1000 including a minimum of 550 on the verbal, plus 3.5 or higher (scale of 0-6.0) on the Analytical Writing Section of the General Test.

Enrollment

• Students may apply for the fall or spring semesters.

Completion Time 

• Because most of the students in the program also have full-time jobs, the completion time varies.

Career Track

• Librarian, School Library Media Teacher

Website

• http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/