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Certificate in Archives, Records Management & Preservation

Two certificate programs of 12 credits each are currently available: Children and Young Adult Services in the Public Library and Archives, Records Management and Preservation. Both of these are designed for multple audiences, including paraprofessionals working in these areas, current MLS students who wish to make explicit their specialty and working library/information service professionals who desire a further credential demarking their expertise. All students in these two certificate programs must meet the College's admissions standards; paraprofessionals may be required to enroll in core courses to provide the appropriate foundation for coursework in the two certificate programs.

The certificates are built around a similar structure. Within each, a core sequence of four courses (12 credits) must be completed. Library/information service professionals who already hold the MLS degree and may have already taken one or more of these core courses can fulfill their requirements by selecting from a menu of four elective courses.

Core (required) courses:

GLIS 732 Archives and Manuscripts
GLIS 733 Fundamentals of Library Conservation and Preservation
GLIS 736 Records Management
GLIS 795 Internship (in an archive or records center)

Elective courses:

GLIS 705 Organization and Management
GLIS 729 Introduction to Metadata for Cataloging and Classification of Electronic Resources
GLIS 731 The Development of Books and Printing
GLIS 753 Digital Libraries

*Specific course selections will be determined in consultation with a faculty adviser.

To receive the certificate at the completion of the prescribed four course sequence paraprofessionals must have become matriculated students at Queens College. Current M.L.S students of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies will obtain the certificate at the same time as the awarding of their degree. Library/information service professionals who complete a four course sequence will be awarded the certificate by the College.