Department of Information Resource Management

The Department of Information Resource Management was founded in 1984 and was authorized as one of the five first institutes in China to offer master's degree for library science in 1986. It was renamed Department of Library and Information Science in 1987 and was added a new program, social science information studies in 1990, which was later changed to the program of information science. The department changed its name to the Department of Information Resources Management in April 1994. In 1999, it joined the Business School and changed its name back to the Department of Library Science. The former heads of department were Professor Lai Xinxia, Professor Zhong Shouzhen, and Professor Wang Zhijin. The current head of department is Professor Ke Ping.
　　The department is now an established institute which offers a doctorate program for library science, three master programs for information science, library science and archival science. It also offers two undergraduate majors: library science and archival science. There are now 45 graduate students and 155 undergraduate students studying full time in the department, plus 22 continuing professional development students who are studying for their master's degree. There are currently 12 teaching staff members including 4 professors, 6 associate professors and 2 lecturers. A number of the staff members are on various committees of the Ministry of Education, including the Teaching Committee for Library Science and Archival Science, and various committees of Chinese Society for Library Science. In addition, the department has also 13 visiting professors, among whom are members of the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council and world known scholars.
　　The department has a wide range of degree programs and a strong tradition of academic research, which makes it an ideal place for LIS students to receive professional education. It pays much attention to both theoretical and skill training, particularly communication skills and computer skills. Apart from the school's shared computer labs and classrooms with audio-visual facilities, the department also has its own information technology labs and a reading room. These facilities, coupled with the department's rich teaching and research experience and efficient management, have made the department one of the best higher education institutes in China for LIS students.
Library science：This program focuses on information resource management. It aims to train students so that they will become competent in theories of librarianship, modern information technologies, management theories and methods, as well as in information processing, organization, analysis, retrieval and utilization. Such training will equip students with both transferable and specialized knowledge/skills and prepare them for an information management career in a variety of public or private organizations. The main professional courses offered by this program include: introduction to library science, programming for documentation, information resource management, modern information technologies, document classification, cataloguing, social science information retrieval, scientific information retrieval, information consultation, modern library management, information dissemination, intellectual property, information economics, computerized information retrieval, electronic publishing, Internet information resources management and use, digital library technologies, etc.
Archival science: This program focuses on electronic records management. It aims to train students in areas of theoretical knowledge of archives and modern information technologies, so that they will become advanced professionals in archive management with both transferable and specialized knowledge or skills, competent to work and research in various organizations of both the public and private sectors. The main professional courses offered by this program are as follows: introduction to archival science, programming for documentation, modern information technologies, records science, archive management, business archive management, archive conservation technologies, electronic records management, archive document compilation, computerized archive management system, integrated management of records and archives, foreign archive management, archive retrieval, government information management, etc.

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