Emory University, Office of Sponsored Programs (Emory University General Libraries)

The Emory University Libraries and their partners, the University of North Texas and the Atlanta University Center, will address the need for professional librarians with contemporary skill sets in north Georgia. Currently, no ALA-accredited graduate library program exists in the state of Georgia. The project will recruit, educate, and prepare an Atlanta-based cohort of thirty-five diverse graduate students for library careers with an emphasis on digital knowledge management. Upon receiving a master’s degree in library and information science from the ALA-accredited program at the University of North Texas via distance learning, the graduates will become a skilled workforce of librarians with specialized training in digital librarianship.