- About the program
- Subjects
Certificate awarded
Bachelor of Arts
Major
Program outcomes
The program aims to equip students with academic and professional competencies and skills in the specialization through:
Academic Specialization: Providing in-depth expertise in the field and a comprehensive grasp of its scientific and professional dimensions.
Practical Applications: Developing abilities across key practical areas, including:
Providing and facilitating access to information services.
Searching for and retrieving information effectively.
Meeting user information needs.
Developing and evaluating library collections.
Marketing information services.
Performing core technical operations such as cataloging, classification, and indexing.
Utilizing bibliographic control tools and bibliometric applications.
Operating integrated library management systems.
Understanding communication networks and library management principles.
Gaining the qualification to handle various modern and emerging technologies in the profession.
Program objectives
The general objectives of the department are summarized as providing undergraduate (Licentiate) students with the essential information necessary for a specialist in libraries and information centers.
Specific Educational and Instructional Goals and Policies of the Department:
To prepare specialists in library and information science equipped with the skills to manage and develop the institutions and facilities of society and to improve information services using modern technological methods and means.
To serve scientific research in the field of library and information science and to open new horizons for the development of the profession and elevating it to the ranks of advanced nations.
To contribute to the development and service of the Libyan Arab community through training, continuous education, and raising awareness about the importance of the field of library and information science and its study.
To advocate for the teaching of the subject (Library and Scientific Research) to all departments within the university.
Job Market
The Department of Library and Information Science at the College of Arts is distinguished by the diversity of career fields available to its graduates, enabling them to work in the following positions:
Working as an Information Specialist in all types of libraries (public, school, university, specialized, national).
Working in information centers, documentation centers, and archives.
Working in publishing houses, distribution companies, and book fairs.
Working in research and study centers.
Working in the information databases of various institutions.
Working in all institutions operating in the field of information.
Description
The Department of Library and Information Science is one of the departments of the College of Arts, Al-Asaabiya / University of Gharyan. It was founded in the academic year 2009-2010. The Library and Information Science program grants graduating students a Bachelor's (Licentiate) degree in Library and Information Science after completing 8 semesters with a total of 127 credit units. Its mission is to prepare and qualify specialized academic cadres to meet the needs and demands of the job market in libraries, information institutions, and archives in the city of Assabaa specifically, and throughout Libya in general.
Program content
Duration
8 Terms
General credits
18
Elective credits
0
Compulsory credits
127
Total credits
127
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| IS.011 | Islamic culture | 2 | General | - |
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| AR.012 | Arabic Language | 2 | General | - |
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| 013.ENG | English language | 2 | General | - |
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| DLI.111 | Introduction to library science | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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The course aims to introduce the fields of library and information science, explore the developmental stages of library and information science, examine the relationship between library science and other disciplines, and also help in recognizing the importance and various sources of information. |
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| DLI.112 | Introduction to Archives science | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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This course aims to introduce the student to the nature and characteristics of documents as a source of information, and how to deal with them in terms of organization, storage and retrieval, while introducing Arab and international experiences in the field of dealing with documents, then introducing documents in Libya, and informing students about modern systems and technical means in dealing with documents. |
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| DLI.113 | An introduction to cataloging | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.114 | General References | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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| PS.021 | General Psychology | 2 | General | - |
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| DS.022 | The course aims to introduce the student to the subject of statistics, its importance, and its relationship to other sciences and multi-variable fields of life at their various levels, with a focus on the uses of descriptive statistics in the field of libraries and information. | 2 | General | - |
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| NC.023 | National culture | 2 | General | - |
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| DLI.121 | Introduction for information science | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.122 | Documents and manuscripts | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.123 | Scientific of the search methods | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.124 | History of science | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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| CO.031 | Computer | 2 | General | - |
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| AS.032 | Inductive statistic | 2 | General | DS.022 |
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| HIS.033 | History of Islamic civilization | 2 | General | - |
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| DLI.231 | Descriptive indexing | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.113 |
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| DLI.232 | Traditional and electronic Publishing | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.233 | Public and school libraries | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.111 |
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| DLI.234 | Computer applications in libraries | 3 | Compulsory | CO.031 |
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| DLI.235 | Human information sources | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.241 | Legislation in libraries | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.242 | Information networks | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.243 | Specific libraries | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.234 |
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| DLI.244 | Sources of information in science Applied | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.245 | Research methods in libraries | 2 | Compulsory | DLI.123 |
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| DLI.246 | Bibliography | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.351 | Objective index | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.231 |
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| DLI.352 | Construction and development of Groups | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.353 | Classification | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.354 | information technology | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.355 | Methods of searching for information | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.356 | Libraries management and Information | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.361 | Periodicals | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.362 | Indexing and extraction | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.363 | Information marketing | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.364 | Multimedia | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.365 | Information Systems | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.354 |
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| DLI.366 | Children's etiquette | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.471 | Advanced indexing | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.351 |
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| DLI.472 | Databases | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.365 |
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| DLI.473 | Electronic archiving | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.112 |
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| DLI.474 | Library Quality Standards | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.475 | Information services | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.476 | Evaluating the effectiveness of facilities Libraries | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.487 | Graduation Project | 2 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.481 | Advanced classification | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.353 |
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| DLI.482 | Integrated automated systems in libraries and information centers | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.365 |
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| DLI.483 | System Analysis and design | 3 | Compulsory | DLI.472 |
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| DLI.484 | Terminology texts | 3 | Compulsory | - |
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| DLI.485 | field training | 4 | Compulsory | - |
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The course aims to train fourth-year students on a number of office procedures, skills, administrative and service technologies that the student will encounter upon graduation and joining the workforce in libraries or information centers. In this aspect, a number of practical applications for managing technical and administrative procedures in the library are covered, and all problems facing libraries and information centers are solved, and how to overcome them through what was studied during the previous years of study for the specialization courses. |
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