Special librarians work in settings other than school or public libraries. These include law, museum, medical and corporate libraries and are (generally) funded privately.

iSchool Courses

Suggested

• LIS 521 – Principles of Information Services (4)
• LIS 527 – Business Librarianship (3)
• LIS 540 – Technology Fundamentals for Library and Information Science Professionals (4)
• LIS 572 – Introduction to Data Science (4)
• LIS 583 – Cross Cultural Approaches to Leadership (3)
• LIS 588 – Special Librarianship (3)

Also consider...

• LIS 522 – Collection Development (3)
• LIS 526 – Government Information: Production and Access (3)
• LIS 531 – Catalogs, Cataloging, and Classification (4)
• LIS 572 – Introduction to Data Science (4)
• LIS 583 – Cross Cultural Approaches to Leadership (3)
• LIS 598 – Search & Discovery (4)

**Note that LIS 598 courses are special topics. You will not find the course descriptions in the LIS course catalog; instead reference the special topics descriptions.

Professional Organizations

• Art Libraries Society of North America
• Association of Jewish Libraries
• Music Library Association
• Special Libraries Association

Sample Job Titles

• Cheese Content Manager
• Content Integration Librarian
• Data Analyst
• Digital Archivist
• Digital Learning Librarian
• Information Specialist
• Librarian
• Library Technician
• Medical Library Coordinator
• Prison Librarian / Corrections Librarian
• Program Specialist
• Project Manager
• Referencing Services Specialist
• Research Analyst
• Research Librarian
• Theological Librarian
• Wine Librarian