Goals

The goal of DILS is to prepare students to become future professionals with humanistic emphasis, lifelong learning, as well as research ability and innovative visions. The goals for different academic units are as follows:

• Undergraduate Program: To prepare professionals for careers in the library and related information industries.
• Graduate Program: To prepare professionals for management and research positions in the library and related information industries.
• Online Graduate Program: To prepare professionals for careers in digital publishing, digital archive, digital libraries, and related information industries.

Subject Departmental core competences
-Undergraduate Program:

A  To understand concepts relating to library and information science and to grasp the relevant trends.
B  To acquire professional abilities to develop, organize, preserve and integrate all sorts of information resources.
C  To understand concepts relating to information technology and systems, and be able to put them in use.
D  To acquire communication and coordination skills required for the information services.
E  To acquire management skills required by different types of libraries and information organizations.
F  To acquire professional skills to manage electronic documents and archives.
G  To acquire integration ability of library services and traditional publishing.
H  To acquire integration ability of library services and digital publishing.

Subject Departmental core competences
-Graduate Program:
A.  To grasp concepts relating to library and information science and relevant trends, and to acquire research and leading abilities.
B.  To acquire professional abilities to develop, organize, preserve and integrate all sorts of information resources, and management and leadership skills required by all sorts of libraries and information organizations.
C.  To understand concepts relating to information technology and be able to put them in use.
D.  To acquire R&D abilities for electronic documents and archive management.
E.  To acquire integration and R&D abilities of library services, publishing and digital content.

Subject Departmental core competences
-Online Graduate Program:
A.  To grasp concepts relating to library and information science and relevant trends, and to acquire research and leading abilities.
B.  To acquire professional abilities to develop, organize, preserve and integrate all sorts of information resources, and management and leadership skills required by all sorts of libraries and information organizations.
C.  To understand concepts relating to information technology and be able to put them in use.
D.  To acquire integration and R&D abilities of library services, publishing and digital content.