The Department of Library and Information Science offers programs at Bachelor’s, Master’s, and doctoral levels. Below is an overview of admissions and courses at each level:
The primary objective of this program is to cultivate library and information science professionals. To earn the B.A. degree, a student must obtain a minimum of 128 credits of course work, including 24 credits required by the University, 49 required and 35 elective credits for the major subject specialty, and 20 elective credits from other departments.
Freshman
Introduction to Library Science (2), Reference Resources (3), Introduction to Information Science (2), Introduction to Computer Science (3), Second Foreign Language (6).
Sophomore
Computer Networks and Communication (2), Library Management (2), Library Collection Development (3), Reference and Information Service (2), Research Methods and Thesis Writing (2), Library Statistics (2).
Junior
Organization of Information (Ⅰ) (3), Organization of Information (Ⅱ) (3), Library and Information Service Field Work I (1), Information Retrieval (3), Introduction to Information Behavior (Information Psychology) (3), at least one of the following: Information Sources and Service in Humanities(3), Information Sources and Services in Social Sciences (3), Information Sources and Services in the Science and Technology (3), Government Information Resources (3), Competitive Intelligence (3), Bio-medical Information Resources (2).
Senior
Library and Information Service Field Work II (1), Special Topics in Library & Information Science (2), Library Information Systems (3).
International applicants seeking admission into our graduate programs should demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication in Mandarin Chinese.
Please also refer to Degree Students on Office of International Affairs site: https://admissions.ntu.edu.tw/apply/
Admission to the M.A. degree program is based on performance in the University Entrance Examination or on a reviewing and selecting basis. Foreign students are not required to take the entrance examination but are evaluated based on their academic background and experience.
To earn the M.A. degree, a student must obtain a minimum of 30 credits of course work, including 12 required and 18 elective credits. Master students who do not have library and information science degree will have to complete the prerequisite courses.
The Required Courses
Seminar in Information Organization (3), Seminar in Information Science (3), Research Method (3), Seminar in Readers’ Service (3).
The Prerequisite Courses
Library and Information Science (2), Collecting and Organizing Information Resources (3), Reference Services and Resources (3), Library Field Work(0)
Degree requirements for the master’s program are as follows:
- At lease two years of study;
- 30 credits of course work with a passing grade of B- ; and the grades for student conduct above B-;
- Completion of a comprehensive examination in two specialized fields;
- Participate or attendance in the minimum of three LIS related academic activities (e.g. conferences, workshops and seminars) each year in the first two years into the program.
- Completion of a master’s thesis and oral examination.
International applicants seeking admission into our graduate programs should demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication in Mandarin Chinese.
Please also refer to Degree Students and Important Dates on Office of International Affairs site:
http://oia.ntu.edu.tw/apply-to-ntu/degree-student/eligibility/eligibility-check
Admission to the Ph.D., degree program is based on performance in the University Entrance Examination. Graduation Requirements for the Ph.D., Degree are as follows:
- At lease two years of study;
- 24 credits of course work with a passing grade of B- ; and the grades for student conduct above B-;
- A total of 6 credits are required in either a second foreign language not previously acquired or advanced research methods. However, the second foreign language requirement can be waived by successfully passing the standard language test held at NTU.
- Successful publication of two journal articles, one of which in English, in journals approved by the Department. Present at least one paper in any LIS related seminar, academic post is allowed.
- Participate in any LIS related academic activities.
- Satisfactory completion of a comprehensive examination that may be taken after the student has completed 24 credits of course work. Upon successful completion of the comprehensive examination, the student prepares a dissertation proposal to present to the Dissertation Committee;
- Successful defense of a doctoral dissertation. Doctoral students who do not have library and information science degree will have to complete all M.A. program’s required courses as well as other prerequisite courses.
International applicants seeking admission into our graduate programs should demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication in Mandarin Chinese.
Please also refer to Degree Students and Important Dates on Office of International Affairs site:
http://oia.ntu.edu.tw/apply-to-ntu/degree-student/eligibility/eligibility-check
Below you can find information about the courses we offer here at the Department of Library and Information Science:
| Course Number | Course | Credit(s) | Level(s) | Required (R) /Elective (E) | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIS3028 | Introduction to Mass Communication | 2 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1004 | Reference Resources | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS2004 | Introduction to Computer Science | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1016 | General Psychology | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1007 | Introduction to Library Science | 2 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1008 | Introduction to Information Science | 2 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1001 | Student Service Education (I) | 0 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS3008 | Reference and Information Services | 2 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS4015 | Research Methods and Thesis Writing | 2 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS3017 | Library Collection Development | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS2010 | Computer Network and Communication | 2 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1002 | Student Service Education (II) | 0 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1017 | Library and Information Service Field Work (I) | 1 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS4012 | Information Retrieval | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS3027 | Information Psychology | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS4002 | Library Management | 2 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS3001 | Organization of Information (I) | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS3004 | Organization of Information (II) | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS3033 | Library Information Systems | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS4014 | Special Topics in Library and Information Science | 2 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1018 | Library and Information Service Field Work (II) | 1 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS1003 | Student Service Education (III) | 0 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS4011 | Library Statistics | 3 | B.A. | R | 1 |
| LIS4001 | Indexing and Abstracting | 2 | B.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS3038 | Archival Arrangement and Description | 3 | B.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS5049 | Knowledge Organization | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS4016 | Children's Books | 3 | B.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS4018 | History of Libraries | 3 | B.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS5068 | Seminar in Metadata | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS5012 | Thesaurus Construction | 2 | B.A./M.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS3031 | Planning & Producing AV Materials (I) | 2 | B.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS3032 | Planning & Producing AV Materials (II) | 2 | B.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5052 | Seminar on Educational Technology | 2 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5022 | Media Center Management | 2 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5082 | Scholarly Communication | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5071 | Multimedia Design and Digital Archives | 3 | B.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5081 | Topical Seminar on eBook Production | 3 | B.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5055 | Semianr on E-learning | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5066 | Human-computer Interaction | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5069 | Seminar on Information and Communication System | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5038 | Introduction to Knowledge management | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS2007 | Database Systems | 3 | B.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS2009 | Computer Programming | 3 | B.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5059 | Introduction to Knowledge Engineering | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5075 | Web Programming | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5076 | Database Management System | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS4019 | Library Trends | 2 | B.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5078 | Digital Libraries | 3 | B.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5079 | Information Visualization | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS2015 | Multimedia Management | 2 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS4010 | Government Information Resources | 3 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS2016 | Library Instruction | 3 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS2017 | Online Information Services | 2 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS3035 | Information Sources and Services in Social Science | 3 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS3036 | Information Sources and Services in the Science and Technology | 3 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS3034 | Information Sources and Services in Humanities | 3 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS5007 | Reading and Library | 3 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS5008 | Interpersonal Communication and Reader's Services | 2 | B.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS5065 | Special Topic on Bibliotherapy | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS5054 | Information Architecture and Web Design | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS5061 | Competitive Intelligence | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS5070 | Special Topic on Social Network Analysis | 2 | B.A./M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5009 | Introduction to Informetrics | 2 | B.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS2011 | Bibliography | 3 | B.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS3037 | Introduction to Archival Science | 3 | B.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS5006 | History of the Book | 3 | B.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS5026 | Library and Information Society | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS3030 | Special Topics in Library Science (I) | 2 | B.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS3029 | Special Topics in Library Science (II) | 2 | B.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS3011 | College and University Libraries (a) | 3 | B.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5019 | Library Buildings | 2 | B.A./M.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5074 | Usability and User Experience (UX) Research | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5067 | Library and Information System Evaluation | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5077 | Archives Marketing | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5039 | Psychology of Management | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS4005 | Human Resources Management in Librarianship | 2 | B.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS4009 | Library and Information Regulations | 2 | B.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS3039 | Special Libraries | 2 | B.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS4006 | Introduction to Management | 3 | B.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5058 | Seminar on Puiblic Libraries | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5034 | Service Management | 3 | B.A./M.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS7021 | Library and Information Service Field Work | 0 | M.A. | E | 1 |
| LIS7015 | Seminar in Information Science | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | R | 1 |
| LIS7016 | Seminar in Readers' Service | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | R | 1 |
| LIS7013 | Seminar in Information Organization | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | R | 1 |
| LIS7014 | Research Method | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | R | 1 |
| LIS5042 | Collecting and Organizing Information Resources | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | E | 1 |
| LIS5043 | Library and Information Science | 2 | M.A./Ph.D. | E | 1 |
| LIS5048 | Reference Services and Resouorces | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | E | 1 |
| LIS7006 | Theroy of Classification | 3 | M.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS5010 | Seminar on Printing in China | 2 | M.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS5030 | Study on the Authentication of Chinese Rare Book Edition | 2 | M.A. | E | 2 |
| LIS7018 | Museum Learning | 3 | M.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS7024 | Museum Visitor Studies | 3 | M.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS7023 | Information Seeking Behavior | 3 | M.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS7017 | Special Topic on Information Seeking and Decision Making | 3 | M.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS5056 | Special Topics on Digital Archives | 3 | M.A. | E | 3 |
| LIS7020 | Special Topics on Chinese Information Processing | 3 | M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS5033 | Automatic Classification & Indexing | 3 | M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS7026 | Topical Seminar on eBook | 3 | M.A. | E | 4 |
| LIS7022 | Archival Studies | 3 | M.A. | E | 5 |
| LIS5073 | Seminar on Special Topics in Library Information System | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | E | 5 |
| LIS5051 | Qualitative Research | 3 | M.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS7011 | Special Topics in Library Science (I) | 1 | M.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS7012 | Special Topics in Library Science (II) | 1 | M.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS7019 | Seminar in Chinese Bibliography | 3 | M.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS5045 | Quantification Research and Statistics Analysis | 3 | M.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS5046 | Citation Analysis and Practice | 3 | M.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS5064 | Scientific Writing | 3 | M.A. | E | 6 |
| LIS5040 | Patent Information and Patent Searching | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | E | 6 |
| LIS5062 | Social Informatics | 3 | M.A./Ph.D. | E | 4 |
| LIS8018 | Seminar in Theories of Cataloging and Classification | 3 | Ph.D. | E | 2 |
| LIS8016 | Special Topics on Cataloging | 2 | Ph.D. | E | 2 |
| LIS8019 | Special Topic on Knowledge Organization | 3 | Ph.D. | E | 2 |
| LIS8015 | Seminar on Information Behavior Theories | 3 | Ph.D. | E | 3 |
| LIS8002 | Special Topics on Library Management | 2 | Ph.D. | E | 5 |
| LIS8023 | Special Topics on Leadership and Library Management | 3 | Ph.D. | E | 5 |
| LIS8024 | Special Topics in Information Literacy | 3 | Ph.D. | E | 6 |
| LIS8004 | Individual Research | 2 | Ph.D. | E | 6 |
| LIS8006 | Individual Research (II) | 2 | Ph.D. | E | 6 |
| LIS8021 | Seminar in Theory Development | 3 | Ph.D. | E | 6 |
| LIS8022 | Informetrics | 3 | Ph.D. | E | 6 |
| LIS8025 | User Behavior Research | 3 | Ph.D. | E | 6 |
Course Areas:
B.A.
1. Basic courses
2. Information organization
3. Information resources and services
4. Information and Communication technologies
5. Management of information institutions
6. Special topics in information & documentation studies
M.A.
1. Prerequisite basic courses/Required core courses
2. Information organization
3. Information resources and services
4. Information and Communication technologies
5. Management of information institutions
6. Special topics in information & documentation studies
Ph.D.
1. Prerequisite basic courses
2. Information organization
3. Information resources and services
4. Information and Communication technologies
5. Management of information institutions
6. Special topics in information & documentation studies