Module Information

Undergraduate Modules - Information Studies (2025/2026)

Part 1 Semester 1

  • IL10120 - Foundations of Information Studies
  • IL10320 - The Cultural Heritage Landscape

Part 1 Semester 2

Part 2 Distance Learning

  • DS24110 - Human Communication
  • DS24310 - Developing Academic and Reflective Skills
  • DS30210 - Information Sources
  • DS30420 - School Libraries and Learning Resources
  • DS30510 - Collection Management
  • DS30810 - Focus on the Child:Reading and Libraries
  • DS31020 - Collection Management
  • DS31530 - Dissertation
  • DS31620 - Information Retrieval
  • DS32620 - Marketing of Services
  • DS33320 - Research Methodology
  • DS34020 - Information Literacy
  • DS34520 - Archive Management: Principles and Techniques
  • DS34610 - Introduction to Music Librarianship
  • DS35010 - Digital Information: Discovery to Delivery
  • DS35620 - Digital Presence and Social Media
  • DS35720 - Knowledge and Information Architecture
  • DS36020 - Information and Society
  • DS36210 - Introduction to Rare Book Librarianship
  • DS36520 - Management of Organisations

Part 2 Semester 1

  • IL20220 - Information in a Changing World
  • IL20320 - Museums in the 21st Century
  • IL30120 - Collection Management and Development in Heritage Organisations
  • IL30300 - Dissertation

Part 2 Semester 2

  • IL20420 - Record Revolutions: A Cultural History of Record Keeping
  • IL20620 - Resource Discovery and Digital Information Management
  • IL30340 - Dissertation
  • IL33920 - Local Studies and Community Heritage

Postgraduate Modules - Information Studies (2025/2026)

Distance Learning

  • DSM0020 - Archives and Manuscripts : Content and Use
  • DSM0220 - School Libraries and Learning Resources
  • DSM0520 - Digital Presence: Content and Creation
  • DSM0620 - Rare Books and Special Collections
  • DSM0720 - Research and Evaluation Methods in Information Systems
  • DSM0820 - Records and Information Governance
  • DSM1460 - Dissertation
  • DSM1610 - Rare Books Librarianship i
  • DSM1710 - Rare Books Librarianship ii
  • DSM1810 - Research in the Profession
  • DSM1910 - Music Librarianship
  • DSM2020 - Access, Outreach and Advocacy
  • DSM2120 - Collections Care
  • DSM2220 - Digital Collection Development
  • DSM2320 - Digital Preservation
  • DSM2410 - Archives and Records - Practical Project
  • DSM2520 - Record Keeping Process and Practice
  • DSM2610 - Record Keeping Theories and Contexts
  • DSM2820 - Archive Management: Principles & Techniques
  • DSM3220 - Digital Information Literacy
  • DSM3420 - Archive Management : Management of Archive Services
  • DSM3520 - Archive Collection development and Description
  • DSM3730 - Archives and Manuscripts : Content and Use
  • DSM3810 - Manuscript Skills:Post Medieval Palaeography & Diplomatic
  • DSM5420 - Information Services: Planning for Delivery
  • DSM6010 - Digital Preservation
  • DSM6220 - Work Case Study: Digital Preservation
  • DSM6310 - Workplace Case Study: Digital Preservation
  • DSM6820 - Knowledge and Information Architecture
  • DSM7430 - Studies in Management
  • DSM7510 - Digital Information : Discovery to Delivery
  • DSM7620 - Information and Society
  • DSM7720 - Studies in Management
  • DSM7820 - Information Organisation and Retrieval
  • DSM8010 - Collection Management
  • DSM8310 - Management Information Systems
  • DSM8520 - Compliance Law and Ethics
  • DSM8810 - Focus on the Child : Reading and Libraries
  • DSM9930 - Digital Risk and Asset Management

Semester 1

  • ILM1800 - Medieval and Post -Medieval Palaeography and Diplomatic
  • ILM2000 - Access, outreach and advocacy
  • ILM2520 - Recordkeeping Process and Practice
  • ILM2610 - Recordkeeping Theories and Contexts
  • ILM4120 - Post Medieval Palaeography and Diplomatic
  • ILM5120 - Information and Society
  • ILM5320 - Information Organisation and Retrieval
  • ILM5420 - Information Services: Planning for Delivery
  • ILM8620 - Knowledge and Information Architecture

Semester 2

  • ILM1820 - Medieval and Post -Medieval Palaeography and Diplomatic
  • ILM2020 - Access, outreach and advocacy
  • ILM2120 - Collections Care
  • ILM2220 - Digital and Audio-visual Collections
  • ILM2410 - Archives and Records - Practical Project
  • ILM3220 - Digital Information Literacy
  • ILM5220 - Studies in Management
  • ILM8120 - Rare Books and Special Collections
  • ILM8220 - Collection Management

Semester 3 (Dissertation)