Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Users and Library Services

Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree
Certificate Type: Post-Baccalaureate
Number of Credits to Completion: 12.0
Instructional Delivery: Online, Campus
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 1 year
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 25.0101

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 25.4002

About the Program

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Users and Library Services focuses on understanding how people search for and use information and information technologies and how these concepts manifest themselves in library service design.

Required courses in the Users and Library Services Certificate focus on understanding information literacy as it plays out across different types of information media and learning how different groups of people search for and use information.

Graduates of Drexel CCI’s Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Users and Library Services will be able to:

  • Describe how diverse groups of people seek and use information in a variety of contexts. 
  • Analyze current issues in information literacy, including information evaluation, perspective, and bias.  
  • Explain current trends in library and information services.

This certificate is one of three leading to the MSI in Library and Information Science or can be taken alone.

Admission Requirements

Please visit the College of Computing & Informatics website to learn more about admission requirements.

Additional Information

For more information about the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program in Users and Library Services, please visit the the College of Computing & Informatics website.

Program Requirements

Required Courses
INFO 652Information Behavior3.0
INFO 687Issues in Information Literacy3.0
Elective Courses6.0
Choose 2 of the following
Library Programming
Public Library Service
Academic Library Service
Collection Management
Storytelling
Resources for Children
Resources for Young Adults
Total Credits12.0

Sample Plan of Study

First Year (Part-Time)
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits
INFO 6873.0INFO 6523.0Elective3.0
 Elective3.0 
 3 6 3
Total Credits 12