Certificate in Executive Library Leadership
You’re a different kind of leader for a different kind of library. We’ve designed an online certificate program specifically for library administrators with advanced degrees in other disciplines who want to deepen their knowledge of library leadership and expand their network.
Your Unique Path to Library Leadership
Today’s libraries are uniters, community builders and trusted stewards of information and culture. They are technology hubs, centers of lifelong learning and spaces where people of all backgrounds can enjoy connection and shared experience. It’s no surprise so many leader-innovators in today’s complex library systems come from fields like business and technology. At Dominican, you’ll develop new skills and ways of strategically applying that outside career experience to chart your future in the library and information field.
We Are Your Partners
When one of the country’s largest library systems went looking for a leadership certificate program for staff, they called us—and we created one. Dominican is uniquely positioned to offer this innovative, five-course certificate program. Courses are fully online. You can log in whenever it’s convenient. You’ll find the convenience of online learning without losing the power of personal connection.
How the Program Works
Designed for library administrators with advanced degrees in non-LIS disciplines:
- Online coursework is done at your convenience; no need to log in at a certain time
- You can apply all coursework credit toward the full online MLIS degree
- Curriculum is built around two electives and three required courses
- Coursework includes an independent study in which students address an organizational problem or program at their library
- You’ll shape your plan of study with a faculty advisor
Courses
- Evidence-Based Planning, Management and Decision-Making
- Information Policy
- Independent Study (address an organizational problem at your library)
- Two electives
Connections Outside the Classroom
From the moment you enroll at Dominican, you will make immediate connections with fellow students, expert faculty and a network of distinguished alumni. You will find Dominican’s iSchool graduates working in libraries, museums, schools, research laboratories, Fortune 500 companies and many other professional settings around the country. Our faculty come from across the world, bringing with them a wealth of experience, insight and visionary approaches to advancing the field. When you join our community, you’ll tap into that powerful network. The result: collaboration, partnerships, great exchanges of ideas. This is what relationship-centered learning is about.
A Legacy of Information Leadership
For close to a century, Dominican has been a national leader in library and information science, archival and cultural heritage resources management, and, in more recent years, data analytics, UX design, information security and more. Our industry is one of rapid change. What hasn’t changed is our mission—to educate true innovators and information leaders who can have a positive impact on the communities and organizations they serve.