CAS in Digital Libraries

Organized collections of digital information, whether text, images, numbers, or sound are fast becoming society's new places to go for organized information on a wide variety of topics. These new digital libraries are springing up in many organizational structures and under many auspices including, but not limited to, established libraries. Calling these digital collections "libraries" draws attention to components that organize the collections and the services that contribute to their use.

The Certificate of Advanced Study in Digital Libraries can be tailored to meet the needs of those who want to work with organizing and managing collections of digital information, either within or outside of established libraries.

Development of digital libraries, while moving rapidly, can still be considered in its infancy. Challenges exist that will make the arena of digital libraries a fertile environment for innovation and creative implementation for many decades. These challenges include technical and information architecture, metadata, optimal retrieval engines, user-friendly design and display of information, data warehousing, archiving and preservation, and machine and human mediated services for using the collections.

The School of Information Studies, an interdisciplinary information school, is an ideal venue for preparing for careers in the arena of digital libraries, whether in the institutional setting of current libraries or in the many diverse settings that support digital collections. Our faculty come from many disciplines, including library and information science, information management, computer science, communications, economics, psychology, among others. In addition, our faculty includes internationally renowned researchers in digital libraries. The School of Information Studies offers an 18-credit Certificate of Advanced Studies in Digital Libraries available in online and campus formats.

There are numerous types of digital libraries and multiple resources available for learning more about this rapidly expanding field. We have provided some of these resources in a section for you here in this site.

Have a question about the Digital Libraries Certificate program? Email cslis@syr.edu to contact a current student, who can answer any questions you have about the iSchool or life in Syracuse.

Prospective students interested in communicating with recent graduates can view the alumni profiles. 

        
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