GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

School Librarian

Address : Box 21906, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-1906

Telephone : (787) 763-6199; (787) 764-0000, exts. 5027, 5028, 1286

Fax : (787) 764-2311

E-mail : egcti@uprrp.edu

Portal : http://egcti.upr.edu

DEGREE OFFERED

Post-Bachelors Certificate in School Librarian

ACCREDITATION

American Library Association (Committee on Accreditation)

FACULTY

Eliut Flores -Caraballo , Ph.D, University of Texas, 1991, Professor.
Integration of information technology to teaching; Distributed learning; Knowledge management ; Consulting information services.

Susan J. Freiband , Ph.D, Rutgers University, 1973, Professor.
Information industry, its resources and services; Journals and bulletins on book marketing in Latin America; Public libraries .

Nitza M. Hernández López, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989, Professor. Communication and information flows in organizations; Organizational communication and information audits; Distance learning, Virtual collaboration and project management; Knowledge management; Cultural diversity and technology.

Asim Quayyum , Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2005, Assistant Professor.
Human document interaction; Digital libraries; Information seeking, sharing and management in communities of practice.

José A. Sánchez-Lugo , Ed.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1998, Associate Professor.
Effective technology integration to education and information services; Creation of on-line learning communities; Qualitative research; Process and product evaluation . Creation of Multimedia Information Products.

Carlos Suárez Balseiro , Ph.D., Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, 2004, Assistant Profesor. Management of information as an strategic resource; Basic principles of information management; Evaluative bibliometry; Cuantitative methods applied to the management of information units.

Betsaida Vélez-Natal , D.L.S, Columbia University, 1999, Associate Professor.
Bank management information need; Legal information; Archival and document management; Production and use of information; Qualitative research.

Luisa Vigo-Cepeda , Ph.D, University of Michigan, 1977, Professor.
Organization and retrieval of information; Administration in the information field; Diagnosis of information needs; Development of information and research skills; Communities of practice and purpose; Qualitative research; Multicultural and special clients studies in the information field.

POST-BACHELOR’S CERTIFICATE: TEACHER-LIBRARIAN

Requirements for Admission

Requirements for Graduation

Complete 22 credits with a grade point average of 3.00.

Program of Study

Description of Courses (PDF)