University of Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh, Department of Library and Information Science)

Health sciences information is increasing in complexity, and health sciences librarians are increasingly being called to actively collaborate with medical professionals. Seeking to provide advanced training to meet these challenges, the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, partnering with the University's Health Sciences Library System, will create a 15-credit, post-master's certificate of advanced studies in health sciences librarianship. The new course of study will build upon the School's successful medical librarianship/informatics specialization within the master's degree program. This project will also provide scholarships for an initial cohort of 27 students.