Library and Information Management, Master

You can attend this master’s program if you have finished a B.A. course or a diploma in the areas of library, documentation, and information management. The M.A. course qualifies you for management positions, or allows you to follow a specialized career in larger libraries, information centers, archives, and documentation centers – in the public and in the private sector. The program follows consecutively upon the B.A. course “Library and Information Management” at the Stuttgart Media University.

In addition to mandatory basic course subjects, such as social research methods, project management and human resources management, you will have the opportunity to design your individual professional profile by selecting three subjects from the following electives:

• Public Management / Library Management
• Information Management (Digital Library / Knowledge Management)
• Music Information Management
• Cultural Administration
• Media Studies

With two additional projects and your master’s thesis, you will have the chance to implement research and development projects in cooperation with libraries and other institutions. The M.A. course offers you a large degree of freedom in selecting your subjects, and independent studying in small groups. The M.A. course “Library and Information Management” is accredited.

Agenda

You will need three semesters to complete the mandatory basic course subjects, your three electives, and the two research and development projects. A fourth semester is needed to write your master thesis. During your third semester you can make use of the opportunity to study at one of our partner universities. You will graduate with the Master of Arts (M.A.)

Professional perspectives

This master’s degree enables you to enter a job market of about 7000 libraries in Germany, information centers in companies and public administrations, cultural institutions, and archives as well as consulting agencies, private providers of services for libraries, and library software companies.

Application

You are welcome to join this program if you have a B.A or a diploma in the area of library, documentation, and information management, with a grade point average above 2,5 (in Germany 3 = satisfactory, 2 = good). You may apply annually. The deadline for your application is July 15th; the course commences on October 1st.

More information you will find under the link: www.hdm-stuttgart.de/english/application/foreign_applicants or through the course manager: Prof. Ingeborg Simon simon@hdm-stuttgart.de.