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Law Librarian and Legal Informatics Specialist  Program of Study

The law librarianship and legal informatics program of study will prepare graduates for careers in law libraries, information organizations using legal information resources, and information publishers. Law librarians play key roles as information professionals in the management of information, training, and information organization in many diverse settings including law schools, courts, private law firms, corporations, government departments and agencies, or in correctional institutions.

Required Core Courses (9 Hours)
Core Curriculum (Required Courses - 9 Hours)

SLIS 5000 Introduction to Information Profession
SLIS 5200 Introduction to Information Organization
SLIS 5600 Introduction to Information Access and Retrieval

Recommended Electives (12 Hours)
Law Librarianship and Legal Informatics (Program of Study - Core Courses - 9 hours)

SLIS 5366 Law Library Management
SLIS 5647 Legal Information Access and Services
SLIS 59xx Advanced Legal Information and Legal Informatics
SLIS 5090* Practicum and Field Study (Each student is required to complete a practicum experience in a law library or legal information environment)

SLIS 5303 Financial and Human Resource Management in Information Agencies  
SLIS 5305 Systems Analysis and Design
SLIS 5306 Project Management for Information Systems
SLIS 5960 Knowledge Management
SLIS 5960 Information Policy
SLIS 5960 Intellectual Property for Information Professional

SLIS 5615 Electronic Data Bases and Information Services
SLIS 5637 Medical Informatics
SLIS 5646 Information and Access Services in Business
SLIS 5660 Government Information and Access Services

SLIS 5205 Information Indexing, Abstracting and Retrieval
SLIS 5206 Information Retrieval Design
SLIS 5210 Organization and Control of Information Resources
SLIS 5220 Organization and Control of Information Resources II

SLIS 5711 Internet Applications for Information Professionals
SLIS 5712 Horizon Technologies for Library and Information Centers
SLIS 5713 Telecommunications for Information Professionals
SLIS 5714 Web Site Development
SLIS 5730 Microcomputer Applications for Information Management
SLIS 5750 Automation and Information Processing 

Note: Students may take up to 6 hours in UNT’s School of Business with the consent of the advisor and instructor.Other courses may be selected with the approval of the student’s advisor.

Computer Literacy: May be satisfied by testing, experience, or course work such as SLIS 5710, Information Technology*

*Field Experience: May be satisfied by prior work experience or SLIS 5090, Practicum and Field Study*.  Numerous opportunities are available to meet this requirement such as advanced digital imaging work. 

* Not counted for degree credit