Manchester Metropolitan University MA Library and Information Management
Manchester Metropolitan University

MA Library and Information Management

Manchester, United Kingdom

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English

Full time, Part time

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Sep 2025

GBP 20,000 / per year

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Introduction

MA Library and Information Management

Recognized and approved by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), this route prepares graduates of all disciplines for a career in modern information society across all industries.

The taught element is equivalent to a postgraduate diploma and, as a professional qualification, enables progression to chartership in your first professional post.

Your study will focus on the principles for the organization, retrieval, and accessibility of information, and the strategic management of information organizations, such as libraries, the information landscape, for example online and on the web, and the development of library services of all kinds. Successful completion of a dissertation develops your knowledge of the field and skills as a researcher resulting in the award of MA. If you are studying the PGDip you will not be required to complete a dissertation.

You may undertake a placement, which we will help you to source, in information units, libraries, and other relevant centers, including large corporations, local government, the National Health Service, and financial and legal services. This will provide networking opportunities within the library, information, and media industries.

Features and Benefits

  • Accredited course - the course is recognized and approved by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).
  • Engaging content - explore information and communications from the digital and human perspectives.
  • The digital revolution - assess how information is managed and how individuals' lives, organizations, and society have been influenced by the digital revolution.
  • Real-world experience - gain skills that will enable you to be well-placed to pursue a career aligned with your interests, in a range of sectors.
  • Placement opportunities - the course has strong connections to all sectors of the profession extended to you via fieldwork placements, visiting speakers, and workshops.
  • Research informed - we have close links with departmental research groups and this research feeds into our teaching throughout the course.
  • Units for the industry – you will have the opportunity to study our specialist option module, ‘Introduction to Health Librarianship’, which was devised in conjunction with the NHS Library and Knowledge Services North to address a specific industry need for more library and information professionals in this sector.

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