GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

School Librarian Distance Education Mode

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 (Distance Education Mode)

The School Librarian Certification in the Distance Education Mode is a ground-breaking program accesible via internet. It allows teachers and supporting librarians of Puerto Rico to enroll in courses with the flexibility and comfort of distance education in order to earn the program certification. Courses in this program are offered mainly online, using the Blackboard platform. Occasionally, the Program is enhanced with physical on-site sessions as well as videoconferencing. The use of chat rooms, discussion forums, and emails offer students an on going interaction with their professors and classmates and allows them to actively participate in their learning process.

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)