PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The BLIS program is the study of the development, deployment, and management of information resources in print, non-print, electronic and digital formats and services.
The program was based on the Guidelines for Professional Library/Information Education programs of International Federation of the Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) as well as the curricula of various library schools abroad.
The program prepares students to their unique role in gathering, organizing, and coordinating access to the best information sources for the knowledge-based organization they belong, as well as in implementing standards for ethical and appropriate use of information.
The program aims to prepare its graduates
- To apply information technology to basic library operations and functions.
- To harness a range of bibliographical and online tools to support teaching, research and other services.
- To systematically organize, conserve, preserve and restore information objects (e.g. realia, museum pieces), historical and cultural documents (e.g. artifacts, archival, documents, indigenous knowledge), and other intellectual properties (creative ideas and works by individuals and groups).
- To serve their unique role in gathering, organizing, and coordinating access to the best information sources for the knowledge-based organization they belong, as well as in implementing standards for the ethical and appropriate use of information.
