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In 1940, Connecticut's first credit courses in library education were offered at Yale University under the auspices of Connecticut's four-year state colleges. This arrangement continued until the State Board of Education authorized a comprehensive undergraduate degree program in library science at Southern in 1946. In 1954, the board authorized the master's degree program.
Today, Southern's information and library science programs continue the tradition of a solid experience in library science while offering an array of electives such as digital libraries, information architecture, network management, and instructional design.
Electives allow students to prepare for professional positions in public libraries, academic libraries, special libraries, and school media library centers, as well as non-traditional information careers. Offerings of all core courses and a large array of electives through online study have permitted students from across the country and around the world to complete a Master of Library Science through Southern.
As you begin to explore the degrees offered by the Department of Information and Library Science, you may want to learn as much as you can about the broader information and library field.
You may want to begin with a general overview of library and information science Education & Careers (American Library Association).