Applications are due by Monday, April 1, for those interested in enrolling in a master of library science degree program that begins in July.
Utahns can begin the Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management program without having to move away from home.Classes will be held in the Salt Lake City Public Library's newest branch, currently under construction and scheduled to replace the Rose Park Branch Library.
During the past 10 years more than 15 American Library Association accredited graduated-level library science schools across the nation closed, leaving Utah students with no library school within hundreds of miles. Brigham Young University's school of library science closed in 1993.
Emporia State, located in Emporia, Kan., has developed a master's program for off-campus students. Salt Lake City will be the seventh regional site.
Sally Patrick, Salt Lake City Public Library System training coordinator, is coordinating the program, developed for those who could not quit work or move to another state for classes. Utah students must complete the same 42 hours of instruction offered on the Emporia campus.
Tuition will cost $250 per credit hour. Courses are offered in order and will be held weekends. For every credit hour, a student must spend 15 hours in the classroom. The program takes about two years and eight months to complete.
Admission requirements include an overall undergraduate cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 in the last 60 hours of course work and a combined score of 1,000 or more on the verbal and quantitative portion of the graduate record examination. Applicants must supply the name of three references and be interviewed by Emporia representatives.
For more information contact Patrick at the Main Library, 209 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, telephone 524-8273, by fax, 524-8272, or e-mail: spatrick@slcpl.slcpl.lib.ut.us.