COA announces accreditation actions

Contact: Karen O'Brien


312-280-4234

For Immediate Release


March 2002

COA announces accreditation actions

The American Library Association's (ALA) Committee on Accreditation (COA) announced accreditation actions taken at the 2002 ALA Midwinter Conference under the 1992 "Standards for Accreditation of Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies."

COA has continued accreditation of the following graduate programs leading to the first professional degree in library and information studies and has scheduled the next review in the year indicated:

  • Master of Arts program offered by the School of Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona (2005) and released the program from conditional status
  • Master of Library and Information Science offered by the School of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University (2005)
  • Master of Science in Library and Information Science offered by the School Of Information and Library Science at Pratt Institute (2008)
  • Master of Library Science offered by the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University (2008)

Graduate programs leading to the first professional degree in library and information studies at the following institutions will be reviewed in academic year 2002-2003: University of Alabama; Clark Atlanta University; University of Iowa; McGill University; North Carolina Central University; University of South Carolina; University of South Florida; University of Southern Mississippi; University of Tennessee; and Wayne State University.

Further information about a particular program can be received by contacting the school. A complete list of programs and degrees accredited by COA can be found
online.

The ALA is leading force in accreditation, having evaluated educational programs to prepare librarians since its creation in 1924. COA is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) as a reliable authority to determine the quality of education offered by graduate programs in the field of library and information studies.