Graduate School of Library and Information Science

University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign

Marcela BassoliMarcos Teruo OuchiWalison Aparecido Oliveira

UFSCar - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO CARLOSDepartamento de Ciência da Informação 

Bacharelado em Biblioteconomia e Ciência da InformaçãoDisciplina: Inglês Instrumental para BCI

State of Illinois

Illinois (il -i- noy ) is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America , and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country.

Capital: Springfield

• The fifth-most populous state (12.419.293 - 2010).• Area: 149,998 km 2

• As the "most average state", Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics.

• Three US Presidents have been elected while living in Illinois (Abraham Lincoln , Ulysses S. Grant , and Barack Obama).

Champaign County, Illinois

Champaign County

Featuring an extensive park system, a world-class library, urban shopping choices and a variety of living accommodations, Champaign offers urban perks with smaller city comforts.

University of Illinois

• is a large public research-intensive university.

• is designated as a RU/VH Research University (very high research activities).

• The campus library system is one of the largest public academic collections in the world.

• It possesses the third-largest university library in the United States (only the collections of Harvard and Yale are larger), and the sixth-largest in the country overall.

University of Illinois

The university comprises 17 colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study.

Academic Staff: 2,971

Admin Staff: 8,085

Students: 41,495

Undergraduate: 31,173

Postgraduates: 10,322

Notable faculty and alumni

As of 2007, 21 alumni and faculty members are Nobel laureates and 20 have won a Pulitzer Prize.

In particular, John Bardeen is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in physics, having done so in 1956 and 1972 while on faculty at the University of Illinois.In 2003, two faculty members won Nobel prizes in different disciplines: Paul C. Lauterbur for physiology or medicine, and Anthony Leggett for physics. Most recently, in 2007, Don Wuebbles, Atul Jain, John Walsh and Michael Schlesinger, professors in the Department of Atmospheric Science, were awarded a share of the Nobel Peace Prize for their contributions and collaboration with the IPCC.

Notable faculty and alumniAlumni have created companies and products such as

Netscape Communications, AMD, PayPal, Playboy, National Football League, Siebel Systems, Mortal Kombat, CDW, YouTube, THX, Oracle, Lotus, Mosaic, Safari, Firefox, W. W. Grainger, Delta Air Lines, BET, and Tesla Motors.

Alumni and faculty have invented the LED, JavaScript, the integrated circuit, the quantum well laser, the transistor, MRI, and the plasma screen, and are responsible for the structural design of such buildings as the Willis Tower, the John Hancock Center, and the Burj Khalifa.

University of Il-Urbana-Chmpgn 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820Estados Unidos - +1 217-333-0931 

K-12 School Librarianship

The program allows you to meet the requirements for the master of science (M.S) in library and information science. 

Also pursuing the courses and training needed for certification as a "Library Information Specialist" in the state of Illinois.

  

If you do not have a teaching certificate...

M.S./K-12 LIS Certification Program

Admission Requirements

Bachelor's degree 3.0 GPA on 4.0 Scale Apply to M.S. Apply to Certification Program after completion of 8 hours

Coursework

40 hours of required LIS courses 4 Education Courses Completion of CoTE Common Assessment Portfolio

FieldExperience

100-hour practicum 16 weeks of student teaching

Test

Basic Skills Test (required for admission) Pass the LIS Content Area Test Pass the K-12 Assessment of Professional Teaching Test

Number ofSemesters Needed

Full-time: 5-8 semesters Part-time: Must be completed within 5 years

On-campus/LEEP

LIS courses offered on-campus and via LEEP Some Education courses offered online; others may be completed at another

university with prior approval

Outcomes

Earn an M.S. in Library and Information Science Earn a Type 10 Illinois Teaching Certificate as a K-12 Library Information

Specialist

Master of Science Degree

Courseload and limits

The master's degree program requires 40 hours of graduate study, including two core courses:LIS 501: Information Organization and AccessLIS 502: Libraries, Information, and Society.

Additionally, each semester, students pursue electives from a broad range of LIS course offerings.

Master of Science Degree

Grades

The Graduate College requires students to maintain a minimum G.P.A. Of 2.75. (0-5)

Curriculum

Only six of the 40 hours are required, students can choose from a wide range of elective courses to complete the remaining 34 hours.

Worksheet

General LibrarianshipGeneral LibrarianshipPublic LibrarianshipChildren's and Young Adult Services/School Librarianship*Academic LibrarianshipInformation Science and Library Technology Technical ClusterLibrary Science Technology Cluster Information Science Cluster•Areas of FocusManagement and Consulting for Information Systems and ServicesAccess--Collections and UsersCommunity InformaticsLiteracies•Information Science FociDigital LibrariesInformatics

Tuition and Financial Aid

•  Tuition per semester for full-time, on-campus GSLIS students for 2011-12 is $6,481 for Illinois residents and $11,858 for nonresidents. Additional fees (covering university and general services, health insurance, health service, transportation, etc.) may apply.

• GSLIS students are eligible for student loans based on guidelines administered by the UI Office of Student Financial Aid.

• Financial support includes graduate assistantships and scholarships.

• Awards offered by the School are based on several factors including academic area, merit, and financial need.

Admission Requirements

In addition to providing copies of official transcripts and letters of reference, applicants are asked to write two essays, which are examined by the admissions committee for both content and writing ability.In addition, GRE scores are required if the applicant's grade point average was below 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in the last two years of undergraduate course work.

Admission Requirements - Especific

International applicants whose native language is not English must submit evidence of having passed the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of 620 or higher (or 260 or higher for the computer-administered version; 104 or higher [at least a 25 in each section] for the IBT). (The Intensive English Institute exam may be substituted with a score indicating comparable English proficiency.) The IELTS test is also accepted with a minimum score of 7 in each section. The GSLIS TOEFL code is 90.

PhD - OVERVIEW

The program seeks outstanding students who have demonstrated the necessary educational background, professional experience, scholarly potential and keen interest to conduct independent and exemplary research in the LIS field.  Applicants who can demonstrate the intellectual capacity, leadership, communication and analytical skills, potential to contribute significantly to research and education in LIS, and the enthusiasm to do so at the highest levels are welcome to apply to this doctoral program.  The admissions committee, known as the Doctoral Studies Committee (DSC), also considers the fit between an applicant's research interests and the research directions supported by the School.

Tuition and Financial Aid

• GSLIS is usually able to offer support for four years. Support usually takes the form of 50% (20 hrs / week) for teaching assistant, research assistant 50%, and / or scholarships, which are usually attributed to the long haul.

• Students are expected to maintain satisfactory academic progress (minimum GPA 3.25 on a 4.0 scale) in order to be eligible for continued support.

Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.)

The Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.) in Library and Information Science is open to those who hold a master's degree in library and information science. Librarians, information scientists, and others in information management enroll in the program to refresh and update their skills, gain greater specialization in their professional training, or redirect their careers from one area to another.

Referências

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE. Programs of Study. Disponível em: <http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/programs>. Acesso em 20 out. 2011.

WIKIPEDIA. Graduate Record Examination. Disponível em: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRE>. Acesso em 12 nov. 2011.

ILLINOIS - Legends of the Land of Lincoln. 42KB. Formato JPG. Disponível em: <http://www.legendsofamerica.com>. Acesso em: 10 nov. 2011.

UNIVERSITY of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 790KB. Formato JPG. Disponível em: <http://www.via1.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thequad.jpg>. Acesso em: 10 nov. 2011.