A. Objectives

According to the guidelines of education “geared to the needs of modernization, the world and the future”, we are to cultivate high-level library management professionals who are fully developed in morality, intelligence and physical body, and can adapt to the needs of society, economy and scientific and technological development. Thus, we require our postgraduate students to:

    1. Master the basic Marxist theories, love the nation, abide by the law, be morally sound, have a strong sense of professionalism, and actively serve socialist modernization.

2. To establish a scientific spirit of seeking truth from facts and being bold in innovation; master the basic theory, systematic expertise and practical skills of library science, have necessary know-how for this subject, and possess the ability to do scientific research and independently undertake professional work.

3. To master a foreign language and proficiently use it in work.  

4. Stay fit.

B. Research fields

1. Digital information resource management

2. Information organization

3. Bibliometric theory and application

4. Information consultation and service

C. Duration, program structure and credit requirements

1. Duration: 2 years.

2. The master's course study and thesis writing each account for half of the time, and shall be conducted alternatively. The course study follows the credit system with a total of no less than 30 credits, including 19 for compulsory courses (general basic courses, professional basic courses and professional courses), 2 for compulsory research (1 for literature reading and 1 for thesis proposal. The rest are for optional courses. Students who do not have a bachelor degree in this major are required to complete the undergraduate core courses (no credit for it). All courses may be retaken, and those who accomplish the required credits shall apply for thesis defense.

3. The duration for on-job  students may be extended, but the extension shall generally be no more than one year.

4. During the schooling period, students shall follow the semester registration system. Those who fail to register shall not have their cultivation recorded for the following semester.  

5. The thesis shall take no less than one year to finish.

D. Curriculum

Compulsory courses: First Foreign Language, Theory and Practice of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Marxism and Social Science Methodology, Scientific Morality and Academic Norms, Management Research Methods (II), Quantitative Analysis Methods, Theory and Technology of Information Retrieval, Theory and Technology Information Organization, Information Resource Management, Principles of Library Science.

Optional courses: Theory of Information Economics, Intellectual Property Research (II), Bibliometrics, Theory and Methods of Digital Library(optional), Information Consultation and Service, Network Information Security and Control (II), Data Warehousing and Data Mining, Data Description Language (optional).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum for Master in Library Science

Type	Number	Name	Hour	Credit	Semester		Way of Teaching	Way of Examination
					1	2
Compulsory Courses	0521801001	First Foreign Language	100	3	Ö		Lecture	Test
	0121802001	Research on The Theory And Practice Of Socialism With Chinese Characteristics	40	2	Ö		Lecture	Test
	0121802003	Marxism And Social Science Methodology	20	1		Ö	Lecture	Test
	0001000001	Scientific Ethics and Academic Norms	20	1	Ö		Lecture	Test
	1222204158	Management Research Method (II)	40	2	Ö		Lecture	Test
	1222204108	Quantitative Analysis Method	40	2		Ö	Lecture	Test
	1222204128	Theory and Technology of Information Retrieval	40	2	Ö		Lecture	Test
	1222204129	Theory and Technology of Information Organization	40	2	Ö		Lecture	Test
	1222204170	Information Resource Management (II)	40	2		Ö	Lecture	Test
	1222204131	Principles of Library Science	40	2	Ö		Lecture	Test
Optional Courses	1222204024	Theory of Information Economics	30	1.5	√		Lecture	Research
	1222204165	Intellectual Property Research (II)	30	1.5		√	Lecture	Research
	1222204085	Bibliometrics	30	1.5		√	Lecture	Research
	1222204154	Theory and Methods of Digital Library (Optional)	30	1.5	√		Lecture	Research
	1222204086	Information Consultation and Service	30	1.5		√	Lecture	Research
	1222204167	Network Information Security and Control (II)	30	1.5	√		Lecture	Research
	1222204080	Data Warehousing and Data Mining	30	1.5		√	Lecture	Research
	1222204028	Data Description Language	30	1.5		√	Lecture	Research
Supplementary courses	1222204095	Macroeconomics	30		√		Lecture	Research
	1222204099	Microeconomics	30			√	Lecture	Research
	1222204096	Economic Statistics	30		√		Lecture	Research
	1222204097	Fundamentals of Management	30		√		Lecture	Research
	1222204106	Introduction to Information Management	30			√	Lecture	Research

 

Notes: Numbers for the foreign language courses

English as the first foreign language：0521801001     

Japanese as the first foreign language：0521801002     

Russian as the first foreign language：0521801003

English as the second foreign language：0521801004     

Japanese as the second foreign language：0521801005     

Russian as the second foreign language：0521801006