MA Information and Library Studies [P194D]

Academic Year: 2025/2026
Campus: Aberystwyth
Master of Arts: scheme - available from 2002/2003
Duration (studying Full-Time): 5 years
Award Eligiblity: Standard Awards

Part 1 Rules

Year 1

Core (100 Credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Studies in Management	DSM7720	20	Semester A
Research in the Profession	DSM1810	10	Semester A
Collection Management	DSM8010	10	Semester A
Information Services: Planning for Delivery	DSM5420	20	Semester A
Information Organisation and Retrieval	DSM7820	20	Semester A
Information and Society	DSM7620	20	Semester A

Options (20 credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Digital Information : Discovery to Delivery	DSM7510	10	Semester A
Records and Information Governance	DSM0820	20	Semester A
Rare Books Librarianship i	DSM1610	10	Semester A
Digital Preservation	DSM6010	10	Semester A
Digital Presence: Content and Creation	DSM0520	20	Semester A
Focus on the Child : Reading and Libraries	DSM8810	10	Semester A
Knowledge and Information Architecture	DSM6820	20	Semester A
Rare Books Librarianship ii	DSM1710	10	Semester A
Archive Management: Principles & Techniques	DSM2820	20	Semester A
Digital Information Literacy	DSM3220	20	Semester A

Part 2 Rules

Year 2

Core (60 Credits)

Module Name	Module Code	Credit Value	Semester
Dissertation	DSM1460	60	Semester 3

Contact for this page:

Information Studies, Aberystwyth University, Penbryn 5, Penglais Campus, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3UX

Telephone Department: +44 01970 622188 Admissions: +44 (0)1970 622021

Email: dis-dept@aber.ac.uk