"There definitely is an emphasis now on digital information within higher education, and it's crucial to what we're doing at SIRLS [School of Information Resources and Library Science]," Botticelli said.
Students interested in library science, {Peter] Botticelli [an assistant professor of practice] said, are increasingly drawn to coursework focused on digitization in the field. Consequently, one of the school's programs has been revamped to focus more heavily on training students to work in the digital realm.
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The minor is open to UA juniors and seniors, requiring 18 units of upper-division coursework with most of the classes being offered online.
Students in the program study the "digital revolution," information quality, Web-based searching, ways to develop and manage databases, policies and practices related to digital information and understanding ways information technologies are incorporated into people's lives.
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