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Leadership and Management

Purpose

To prepare librarians to be leaders and managers by enhancing their understanding of the unique challenges libraries face now and in the future.

This certificate program offers training in leadership, management, policy, strategy development, decision-making, customer service, team building, negotiating, and budget and finance.

After you are admitted, a faculty advisor will be assigned to help you identify the four courses that will facilitate achieving your goals.

Certificate Requirements

Take a total of 12 credit hours from the following courses. No other courses may be substituted for any of the courses listed below.

LIS 5402 Human Resources Management (3 credits)
LIS 5408 Management of Information Organization (3 credits)
LIS 5411 Introduction to Information Policy (3 credits)
LIS 5426 Planning, Evaluation, & Financial Management (3 credits)
LIS 5487 Information Systems Management (3 credits)
LIS 5916 Information Leadership (3 credits)
LIS 5900r/5916r Directed Individual Study (3 credits) (Topic must be approved by your faculty advisor)
LIS 5945 Internship (Internship plan must be approved by your faculty advisor)

Note: Given the goal of this certificate, we recommend completing an internship for any student who has not had direct experience in a leadership or management position. Furthermore, we encourage students to choose a site supervisor who will maintain frequent interaction and one-on-one mentoring as part of the internship experience.

Requirements for Admission and Award of a Certificate

Note: This Certificate is available to non-degree students only.

Non-Degree students must:

Have earned a Bachelor degree prior to admission;
Apply and be admitted as a “special student” (i.e., non-degree) to the University;
Submit a completed Application for Certificate to the College of Information; and
Request an official transcript to be sent directly to the College of Information, in addition to the one(s) required by the University for admission.

Note: Non-degree students do not need to take a standardized test (e.g., GRE) for admission into a certificate program. If a student decides later to apply for admission as a degree-seeking student, GRE score will be required at that time.

To receive the certificate, students must:

Complete 12-credit hours of course work (four courses) from the approved list of courses, and
Earn a B or higher in each of the four courses taken for credit. (This is a higher standard of academic performance per course than required for the degree.)

Send your completed Application for Certificate and one official transcript to:

Graduate Certificate Program
Attn: Marion Davis
College of Information
Florida State University
P.O. Box 2100
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100