Associate of Science in Library & Information Services
The University of Maine at Augusta
The University of Maine at Augusta’s Associate of Science in Library & Information Services degree program is available via the Internet, videotape, and regionally accredited colleges. Well-trained library personnel are essential in order to keep pace with rapid developments in information technology. The program can prepare you for positions supporting the work of library and information services professionals. It can also broaden your career outlook by enhancing skills you have developed on the job in a school, public, academic, or special library, or other information-intensive setting.
When you enroll in the program, you begin a challenging adventure. Beyond essential liberal arts requirements, you explore computer information systems, public service programming, reference and database searching, library technical processes, information technology and media, collection development, and information careers. In your final semester, you complete a practicum experience, gaining valuable real-world experience as a practicing library assistant.
The program makes exciting use of information technology to create a college experience that is remarkable in its flexibility and convenience. Core coursework, in the form of lectures on videotape and manuals containing weekly assignments, is available to you through the UMA Bookstore at the start of each course and completed at home; class discussions take place via e-mail and computer conferencing. Non-library courses are delivered at local regionally accredited colleges or via interactive television.
For specific questions regarding the degree program, you can contact:
Library & Information Services
207-621-3341 or 1-877-UMA-1234, ext. 3341 (in Maine)
1-888-850-5379 (out-of-state)
lnitcoord@maine.edu
or Advising Center
207-621-3149 or 1-877-UMA-1234, ext. 3149 (in Maine)
For more information, admission requirements, an application, or a financial aid application, contact:
The University of Maine at Augusta
Information Center
46 University Drive
Augusta, Maine 04330-9410
207-621-3185
1-877-UMA-1234 (toll-free in Maine only)
1-800-958-9936 (out-of-state)
1-800-316-3600 (TTY)
www.uma.maine.edu
The following items will be needed as part of the application process:
$40 non-refundable application fee
high school transcript or GED test scores
all official college transcripts
placement tests in reading, writing, and mathematics (unless waived by the Admissions and Records Office)
appropriate documentation of immunization history (if born after 1956)
If you have any questions regarding this degree program or whether it is the appropriate one for you, please contact the Student Services Coordinator at your nearest University College Center. Centers are located in Bath, Calais, Dover-Foxcroft, East Millinocket, Ellsworth, Houlton, Mexico, Norway/South Paris, Saco, Sanford, and Thomaston. Contact us at www.learn.maine.edu or 1-800-868-7000 for the number of the University College Center in your region.
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