MASTERS DEGREE in IT for LIS PROFESSSIONAL

An exciting new programme for university librarians and LIS faculty in Sub-Saharan Africa! The Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, received a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to establish a Masters programme in IT for university librarians in Sub-Saharan Africa working in an IT environment and LIS faculty at LIS Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

This is a two-year coursework Masters with a number of coursework modules and a mini-dissertation of limited scope. 

The programme will make use of a blended learning methodology - technology-mediated distance education as well as on-site, face-to-face lectures. The programme is fully funded, making provision for, amongst others, registration fees and travel and accommodation costs during a two- to three-week block visit per semester for on-site lecturing. Lecturing will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, as well as in the USA at the Universities of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Wiscosin-Milwaukee and in Uganda at the Makerere University.

For more information on the programme content, selection criteria, application procedures, important dates, etc., please see 
http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=14080&sub=1&p.... 

Kind regards  
Prof Theo JD Bothma 
Head: Department of Information Science 
Chair: School of Information Technology 
Dept. of Information Science 
Information Technology Building 6-73 
University of Pretoria 
Lynnwood Road 0002 
Pretoria, South Africa   

Tel +27 (0)12 420-2961 
Fax +27 (0)12 362-5181 
E-mail theo.bothma@up.ac.za 
Web http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=3706