13/3/2013
The
department presents academic programs that aim to graduating students who are
capable of:
1-Perceiving
the concepts and terms used in the science of libraries and information and its
relationship with other fields of science
2-Knowing
the basis of IT, telecommunications and their applications in information
institutions
3-Efficiently
dealing with information, technology and management
4-Follow
thinking and scientific research approaches in solving problems at information
institutions
5-Organizing,
managing, spreading and marketing information using modern technology
6-Managing
various sources of information and building polices for developing collectibles
7-Knowing
methods and procedures for information research and retrieval, as well as the
ability to build and design research strategies
8-Studying
the behaviors of users of information institutions
9-Provision
of information services that meet the needs and satisfy the diverse and
renewable desires of community beneficiaries
10-Understanding
and applying systems, tools and technology, such as the technology used in
databases and content management
11-Applying
the concepts of quality and standards in order to upgrade the level of services
offered by the library and improve its work system
12-Dissemenation
of information awareness and removing information literacy
The
academic standards we follow are to graduate students who are capable of:
·
Clarifying the
scientific concepts related to libraries and information specialty, and its
position within the general framework of human knowledge
·
Traces the
historical and current developments in the specialty, as well as the future
trends
·
Recognize the
current and future developments in the IT field and its applications in the
information institutions
·
Explaining the
technical operations carried out within information institutions
·
Identifying the
forms and types of information sources and how to select, manage, and organize
it using information and communication technology
·
Recognizing the
rules and regulations to search for information and how to retrieve it
·
Describing the
steps for setting up, presenting and marketing library and information services
using IT applications
·
Recognizing the
technical and functional requirements for the establishment of libraries in its
digital or traditional image
·
Recognizing the methods of analyzing the
behavior and trends of the beneficiaries in using information
·
Mentioning web
design standards for libraries and information centers websites
·
Recognizing the
ethics of working in information institutions and their legislations
·
Describing the
steps of conducting a research in the specialization of libraries and
information
Mental
skills
The
graduate should be capable of:
·
Criticizing the
theories and concepts related to libraries and information specialty
·
Diagnosing the
current state of information technology and its applications in information
institutions
·
Choosing issues
related to the career of libraries and information to present solutions or
alternatives for it
·
Planning to
establish digital or traditional library
·
Comparing between
the activities of organizing information inside information institutions
Professional
skills
The graduate should be capable of
·
Choosing and
assessing printed and electronic sources of information available on the
internet
·
Efficiently using the tools of work to accomplish
the technical operations inside information institutions
·
Using modern
means of technology in detecting the
sources of information and the provision of services
·
Managing the
operations of acquisition, technical organizing, reservation and retrieval of
sources of information
·
Providing library
and information services as well as marketing them
·
Searching in
bibliographic and full text databases
·
Designing and
analyzing the systems within information institutions
·
Using appropriate
program to each information institution according to their requirements
·
Designing
websites for libraries and centers of information
·
Determining the
behavior and needs of beneficiaries to access to information
·
Dealing with
digital libraries and web techniques easily
·
Discussing the
future developments related to his profession, as well as suggesting ways to
keep improving it
·
Exploiting the
potentials and the available resources efficiently and working to increase them
·
Preparing and
implementing a research note about a problem related to libraries and
information
General
skills
The
graduate becomes capable of:
·
Working
efficiently with computer, e-mail and internet
·
Using various
educational means in the presentation
·
Acquiring the
skills of reading and writing in English as a second language
·
Acquiring the
skills of communicating with others
·
Running projects
·
Working in a
teamwork
·
Solving problems
in a scientific method
·
Self-educating himself
·
Dealing
efficiently with time
·
Thinking
critically