A wide variety of professional careers have opened up in the past
decade in
information-related fields. Graduates of the MLIS program continue to
find
professional opportunities in the traditional areas of librarianship,
such as:
- reference services
- reader's advisory services
- cataloguing
- collections management
- computing and library systems
- information literacy
- public outreach and programs
- library management
In addition to those established areas of librarianship, new career
paths
have opened up in areas as diverse as:
- web design and management
- information technology sales and customer support
- corporate information management
- publishing and database licensing
- fundraising research
- marketing for non-profit agencies
- corporate intelligence
Graduates pursuing these avenues have taken their place alongside
librarians,
archivists, and other professionals who work in institutions that have
traditionally been associated with storing, retrieving, and making
available the
records of our society.
There is a high demand in today’s workplace for professionals who are
able to
analyze and identify information needs across an increasingly diverse
range of
information environments, and to respond expertly to those needs.
Graduates of
the MLIS program have the skills to do so.
Our graduates work in environments ranging from public, corporate,
academic,
government, and legal libraries, to commercial vendors, the health
sector, and a
wide variety of agencies in the arts, sciences, and social sciences.
They hold
such positions as librarians, database managers, archivists, internet
and/or
intranet managers, consultants, and information officers, among others.
Students interested in pursuing a particular career path may wish to
pursue
an Area of Concentration.