Post Masters Youth Services

Overview

Youth Services — Post-Master’s Certificate Career Pathway

The Youth Services career pathway focuses on children’s or young adult library services, including services offered by public libraries, youth specialists on a regional or state level, or collection development librarians specializing in materials for youth. Read more about the Youth Services career pathway.

All new students in the Post-Master’s Certificate program begin their studies by completing a one-unit course that introduces them to our school’s sophisticated online learning environment: INFO 203 Online Learning.

Certificate students with the Youth Services focus complete the two 3-unit foundational courses listed below, and then have options for the remaining units.

  • INFO 260A Programming and Services for Children
  • INFO 261A Programming and Services for Young Adults

Select nine more units from classes below:

  • INFO 246 Information Technology Tools Advanced – Topic: Web 2.0
  • INFO 263 Materials for Children
  • INFO 265 Materials for Young Adults
  • INFO 267 Seminar in Services to Children and Young Adults – Topics vary, but include:
    • Intellectual Freedom and Youth
    • Controversial Literature
    • Outreach Services to Teens and Children
  • INFO 269 Early Childhood Literacy
  • INFO 281 Seminar in Contemporary Issues – See current topics. Select class number then topics.
  • INFO 287 Seminar in Information Science – See current topics. Select class number then topics.
  • INFO 294 Internships (place-based and virtual). Note: Certificate students can take only one internship for a maximum of 3 units.

In order to see detailed information regarding course content, check out the class syllabi.

Courses are regularly updated to ensure they include the most current content possible. When you are enrolled in a course, you’ll have access to the current syllabus for that course, before it begins. As a certificate program student, you are not required to meet prerequisites, but the instructors will expect you to keep up with the class.

After completing 16 units required in the Post-Master’s Certificate program, as a final step before earning their certificate, students demonstrate their mastery of the program’s student learning outcomes by:

  1. Selecting a communication technology tool of their choice (e.g. screencast, blog)
  2. Using the selected communication technology tool to briefly illustrate how their course work helped them master the Post-Master’s Certificate program’s overarching student learning outcomes, as follows:
  • Demonstrate proficiency in identifying, using, and evaluating current and emerging information and communication technologies
  • Use service concepts, principles, and techniques to connect individuals or groups with accurate, relevant, and appropriate information