St. John's University (St. Johns University)

St. John’s University and its partners, the Metropolitan New York Library Council and the Law Librarians of Greater New York, will recruit and educate 40 Master’s of Library Science students interested in careers in special libraries such as those found in the corporate, legal, and media worlds. Special librarians provide expert, in-depth information support in dynamic, deadline-dominated, competitive environments. Seeking to help prepare individuals for such a career, this project will supplement a core Library Science curriculum with courses in Knowledge Management, Competitive Intelligence, Marketing Research, and other related topics, while integrating this coursework into a wide array of opportunities for professional networking, mentoring, and service learning. Such a program will provide well-qualified new professionals a chance to work in New York, which has a high concentration of influential special libraries.