Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Leadership | |||
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Qualification Type | Graduate Diploma | |||
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Level | 7 | |||
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Credits | 120 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
The Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Leadership will provide learners
with a range of skills and practices developing critical leadership within the library, archives and records and information management sector. Learners will broaden their knowledge and expertise by carrying out a significant body of study in a library and information studies related subject area. Different elective options are available for learners to choose from depending on their current experience and/or qualifications, specific needs, interests, and professional development goals. |
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Graduate profile |
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
* Develop leadership and management strategies to promote ethical and effective evidence-based information solutions within communities and organisations to enable open and equitable access to information. * Lead and innovate in the development and delivery of services, collections, and programmes in the information sector. * Identify and apply solutions to contemporary issues impacting information professionals. * Develop stakeholder and community engagement initiatives to collaborate and engage with Māori and Pasifika and other diverse community groups. |
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Education pathways |
Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Leadership
programme who also hold an undergraduate degree will be well prepared to enter Postgraduate Diploma, Masters and PhD qualifications in the library and information management sector. |
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Entry Requirements |
Applicants must have either an undergraduate degree; or professional
experience in the library, archives, records, or information Management sectors to the satisfaction of the Degree leader; or successfully completed OP7041 Graduate Certificate in Library and Information Leadership. Graduates of the following Open Polytechnic programmes will not be eligible for enrolment into this programme: * OP7040 Bachelor of Library and Information Studies * OP7020 Bachelor of Arts, Information and Library Studies major, Information and Library Studies/Humanities double major, Information and Library Studies/Communication double major * OP7010 Bachelor of Applied Science, Information and Library Studies major Applicants who have attained the age of 20 years and do not hold the minimum entry requirements will be eligible to be enrolled where their previous educational, work or life experience indicates they have a reasonable likelihood of success. If English or Māori is the not the applicant's first language, applicants will need an IELTS Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5, or equivalent. International applicants will need an IELTS Academic score of 6 with no band score lower than 5.5, or equivalent. |
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Education Organisation | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Developed By | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |||
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Number | 4658 | |||
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Status | Current | |||
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Created | 2022-08-02 15:01:43.603 | |||
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Next Review | 2027-07-20 00:00:00.0 | |||
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Content |
All learners will cover critical perspectives for library and information professionals;
strategy and planning in information organisations; and leadership and advocacy for information professionals. Learners will then have options to do 3 of these subjects: empowering people and communities; designing library and information services and programmes; knowledge organisation systems; cultural competencies in the information environment; reader development; services and collections for children and teens; principles of information management; digital asset management; archives management; cataloguing and classification; and preservation and digitisation. Finally, learners will choose between library and information service professional practice, and a library and information services project. |
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