Library and Information Sciences - Bachelor's Degree

(since winter semester 2015)

  • occupational profile
  • subjects of study, curriculum, exams

 

For further information please refer to our flyer (in German).

For questions, please contact:
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Deputy head  of department
Phone: +49 89 2872467-12 

  1. Occupational profile
  2. Subjects of study
  3. Curriculum
  4. Modules
  • acquisition and resource management (selection, order, acquisition and inventory of various types of media)
  • cataloguing of media for electronic catalogues and union catalogues
  • providing literature-related information through online searches in databases
  • creation of bibliographies and information materials
  • searching and purchasing literature from the collections of other libraries through inter-library loan or document delivery
  • tasks in information technology (IT) and system administration
  • providing training courses for the retrieval of literature (courses for information literacy)
  • support in handling ”old“ and ”new“ types of publications and media
  • management tasks, amongst others directing working groups and departments in large libraries (for example in the fields of acquisition of media, descriptive cataloguing, information services, training courses, reading rooms) and management of smaller and medium-sized libraries, for example special libraries, libraries of universities of applied sciences, regional libraries
  • public relations work, for example organization of library tours, creation of advertising material
  • tasks in the field of training and further education

 

Further information on the occupational profile:

  • The “Bibliotheksportal“ provides a website (in German) on the issue of “occupation, occupational profile, career paths” (“Beruf, Berufsbild, Berufswege”)
  • Information (in German) of the professional association “Bibliothek Information e.V.” concerning occupational profiles in the field of library and information sciences

Last update: June 2023

(according to FachV-Bibl §30)

  • Basics of librarianship and information sciences
  • Media and media processing
  • Library services
  • Information technology
  • Management and law
  • Job-related key qualifications

Corresponding to the preparatory period for the Bavarian civil service, the educational program lasts for three years and begins on October 1st. Theoretical and practical parts of the program alternate.
Professional studies at the Department of Archives and Library Science will take place in Munich and last 24 months in total. Practical parts (internships) can be completed at different research libraries in Bavaria and will last 12 months in total, following a specified training schedule.

1. semester:
    academic classes   		 6 months of professional studies
at the department of Munich
(October-March) 
2. semester:
    internship		 6 months of practical Training
at an academic library in Bavaria as well as a   
short internship at a public library
(April-September)
3. semester:
    academic classes		 6 months of professional studies
at the department in Munich
(October-March)
4. semester:
    academic classes		 6 months of professional studies
at the department in Munich
(April-September)
5. semester:
    internship		 6 months of practical Training
at an academic library in Bavaria as well as the
possibility to do short internships at other
libraries or related institutions in Germany or
foreign countries
(October-March)
6. Semester:
    academic classes
    Bachelor 
    examination		 6 months of professional studies
at the department in Munich
Completion of Bachelor Thesis
(April-September)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For any further Information please refer to our study manual (in German).