Careers

SLIS offers multiple ways for you to pursue your interests and obtain a rewarding career within the diverse field of Library Science.

There are still many other ways to specialize your MLS degree. The list of Career Paths below, can help you identify ways of focusing your professional interests and obtain the knowledge and skills needed for working in a particular aspect or area of Library Science. These paths can help familiarize you with various career options, but you will want to work closely with your advisor to ensure that you are taking the best courses to meet your career objectives and all degree requirements.

• Academic Librarianship
• Bibliographic Instruction
• Children and Young Adult
  See Also: School Media
• Cataloging / Technical Services
• Collection Development and Management
• Fine Arts Librarianship
• Government Documents
• Health Sciences Librarianship
• Law Librarianship
• Library Automation
• Public Librarianship
• Rare Books / Special Collections
• Reference Services
• School Media Services

Check out the following articles from professionals and alumni in the field:

• Research & Creative Activity: Librarians at Work
• The Black Collegian Online: Librarianship: A Career As Diverse As You Are

Indiana Insight 2006:

• For Every One Dollar Invested, Libraries Add Six More
• Businesses Find Competitive Edge in Databases
• Indianapolis InfoZone
• A Gateway for Intercollegiate Athletics Information
• Hey, Puppet Lady!
• Did My Grandparent's House Exist in 1875?
• Students in Schools with Strong Libraries Average Higher Test Scores
• Indiana School Library Media Specialists Improve How Teachers and Students Use Internet
• What Happened to the Buns and Bad Attitude?
• A Library of a Private Law Firm
• Business Research Center
• A Public Academic Library
• There are Libraries, and Then There are Libraries . . .
• Idiosyncratically Named IMCPL
• Think You Can Google Your Way to A-worthy Assignments?
• One Stop Website for Health Services Where You Live
• Planning for Study in Library Science
• The Herron Art Library: A Century in the Making
• Go Where the Experts Go