[Asis-l] Rutgers receives IMLS grant to support online MLIS

[nicholas belkin]

The School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers 
University is pleased to announce that the Library and Information 
Science Department and the Professional Development Studies program have 
received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 
the amount of $969,773 to support development of the MLIS degree online 
over the next three years. Two specializations will be supported in the 
online program: School Library Media Specialist; and, Digital 
Librarianship. The grant supports one Ph.D. student and six new faculty 
members. Nicholas J. Belkin and Karen Novick are the PIs for the 
project, but all current and new LIS faculty will be involved.

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Nicholas J. Belkin
Chair, and Director of the MLIS Program
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick NJ 08901-1071 USA
tel: +1 732 932 7500 x8271  fax: +1 732 932 2644
email: nick at belkin.rutgers.edu
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~belkin/belkin.html