Curators of The University Of Missouri (School of Information Science and Learning Technologies)

The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, in partnership with four Missouri libraries (University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Missouri State University), will prepare students at the master's level for leadership and management careers in academic libraries by creating an academic library fellows program. The project will recruit qualified individuals who have academic librarianship as a career goal; provide them with the skills they need to succeed; enable them to gain functional experience at one of the four academic libraries; and provide them with a deep and broad understanding of the present and future of scholarly communication, the dynamics of financing and managing public higher education, the complexity of services to resident and distant populations, and the personnel needs of academic libraries.