Individuals who hold a valid teaching license may add the certification for Teacher of Library Media with emphasis in school media information technology by successful completion of the following 27 credits. The student must meet the graduate admission requirements for the School of Library and Information Science at either Bloomington or Indianapolis. Contact the Director of Library Media Education at (317) 278-2376. Full course descriptions are available at www.slis.iupui.edu or www.slis.indiana.edu. Courses completed at a B or better from the 27 credits for library media may also count toward the 36-credit Masters in Library Science, accredited by the American Library Association.

Program Requirements:
From the School of Library and Information Science

L520 Bibliographic Access and Control ( 3 cr.)
L524 Information Sources and Services (3 cr.)
L533 Library Materials for Children and Young Adults (3 cr.)
L551 Information Inquiry for School Teachers (3 cr.)
L553 The School Media Specialist (3 cr.)
L596 Internship in School Library Media Management (3 cr.)
Plus 9 credits in application of technology to instruction from such courses as:
L526 Library Automation (3 cr.)
L528 Collection Management (3 cr.)
L535 Library Services for Children and Young Adults (3 cr.)
L552 Audio and Video Information (3 cr.)
L554 Information User Education (3 cr.)
L566 Digital Librarianship (3 cr.)
L570 Online Information Retrieval (3 cr.)
L571 Information Design for the Web (3 cr.)
L595 Workshops such as Electronic Materials for Children,
or Technology Rich Learning, or Video Production, or Grant Writing
L620 Information Resources and Technologies for Patrons with Special Needs (3 cr.)

Individuals who do not hold a valid teaching license may establish such as Teacher of Library Media by completion of the above 27 credits and 15 credits from the menu of education courses below, along with passing the national teacher exams, including the specialization in school media, and successful completion of student teaching in school media which includes five credits in a secondary school and five credits in an elementary school.

One 3-credit course from:
P510 Psychology in Teaching or
P515 Child Development
P516 Adolescent Development
P540 Learning and Cognition in Education *

One 3-credit course from:
H504 History of American Education
H520 Education and Social Issues
H530 Philosophy of Education

One 3-credit course from:
J500 Instruction in the Context of Curriculum or
J630 Curriculum Development and Theory or
K505 Introduction to Special Eduation for Graduate Students

One 3-credit course from:
E535 Elementary School Curriculum or
S503 Secondary School Curriculum

One 3-credit course from:
L517 Advanced Study of Teaching Reading or
L545 Advanced Stury of Teaching of Elementary Reading

*recommended courses if available

Further Evidence:

American Library Association Accreditation
American Association of School Librarians Standards for Library Media Specialist Preparation
Program Website