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About Our Department
The Department of Information Management was originally established in 1969 as the School of Librarianship and has gone through a number of changes over the years. As one of the five departments withing the Aberdeen Business School, we have an excellent record of academic success based on the fundamental premise that information and its effective management are central to the social, economic and cultural well-being of society.
We have a close relationship with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), with practitioners both locally and nationally and with our fellow academics in the field. The department benefits from having an advisory group, the Information Management Professional Panel, which meets twice a year to assist with curriculum developments and to enable us to work closely with the professional community.
The department runs a number of postgraduate Masters courses available both on-campus and by online distance learning study. Staff are also involved in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across other programmes at the School. Departmental provision is reviewed by the Quality Assurance Agency and found to be commendable in respect of the quality of teaching and learning, student progression and the quality of learning resources.
Information Management Courses
The Information Management programme is focused on postgraduate level study offering four courses, including a Graduate Certificate in Information Studies. Staff also teach on many of the undergraduate courses - in Management, Communication, Politics and in Law.
Professional Recognition
The Information and Library Studies Course is fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). The next accreditation is due in the summer of 2010. CILIP accreditation means that the course is recognised, around the world, by other professional bodies such as the American Library Association.
