Bachelor of Arts (Library & Information Management)

Entry Requirement

Course Modules

  • Introduction to Library &
  • Information Society
  • Information Organisation
  • Academic Discourse
  • Dhivehi for Professionals
  • Library Management Basics
  • Industry Placement
  • Information Systems
  • Elective 1
  • Introduction to Digital Libraries
  • Collection Development & Reference Services
  • Management & Organisations
  • Instructional Psychology
  • Cataloguing & Indexing
  • Information & Instructional Literacy
  • Classroom Management
  • Elective 2
  • Information Organisation & Retrieval
  • Principles & Practices of Archives\
  • Library Automation & Digitisation: Practical
  • Introduction to Records Management
  • Information Ethics & the Law
  • Infopreneurship
  • Introduction to Research Methods
  • LIS Internship

Course Fee

Semester 1: 3480/-
Semester 2: 3480/-
Semester 3: 3750/-
Semester 4: 3855 or 3930/-
Semester 5: 3480/-
Semester 6: 3480/-

Elective 1: 1740/-
Elective 2: 3885/-

Course Description

The Bachelor of Arts in Library & Information Management (BALIM) is designed to educate information professionals for a informational roles ranging from the management of libraries, archives or information centres.

The course provides a solid foundation of library & information skills, with also the ability to adapt to new media and information communication technologies essential for the digital information age. In addition to management and organisation abilities, your study will focus on information retrieval and provision of a variety of information services and will develop your competency in developing & imparting information literacy programs. The coursework is supplemented with industry placement in relevant information organisations.

If you love working with people, organizing information, researching hard-to-find information, and turning technology into solutions, you would excel in an information management career.

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