was renewed, keeping the institution certified by the ALA. In fact, GSLIS department head Valerie Karno, pictured left, stated that the program received a perfect report.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThis means we are fulfilling certain standards of competency in our curriculum,\u201d said Karno. \u201cThere was not one, single request for a change in our whole program.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\nKarno refers to the program as the \u201chidden gem\u201d of the Harrington School. <\/span><\/p>\nAdmissions graduate assistant Kate Fox states that the program is among the top 50 programs in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI like to say the program is self-selective,\u201d said Fox. \u201cThe acceptance rate is 90 percent but that\u2019s generally because of the great applicant pool.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nCurrently, there are 110 students enrolled in this two-year program. The students range anywhere from early 20s to mid 60s and include individuals from librarians looking to further their education to people pursuing their second or third career. <\/span><\/p>\nAll GSLIS courses are taught by professors currently doing research in their field. Students can enroll in the program either full- or part-time. The program is mostly composed of online courses with some hybrid courses that meet both online and in person. This flexible design makes the program more accessible and affordable. <\/span><\/p>\nStudents in the program choose between three different tracks: school libraries, leadership and digital media. In addition, students can receive a dual master\u2019s degree in history, English or public affairs and still graduate in three years. <\/span><\/p>\nGSLIS students are also able to participate in new exciting grant programs. One program, which was awarded a $1 million grant, focuses on running the Media Smart Library. This program will show local libraries in Rhode Island how to include media in their facilities. <\/span><\/p>\nIn addition, Karno recently received a grant from Infosys for her own program that will center around community outreach. As part of this grant, Karno and other faculty will be teaching students how to facilitate learning in public libraries. They will go to libraries in low-funded areas in Rhode Island such as Cranston, Providence and Central Falls to introduce computer coding to those communities. <\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt is a nice way that GSLIS and the Harrington School are representing URI in the local community,\u201d said Karno.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Emma Mangione The Harrington School\u2019s Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences is a consistent success story. Recently the GSLIS program\u2019s American Library Association accreditation was renewed, keeping the institution certified by the ALA. In fact, GSLIS department head Valerie Karno, pictured left, stated that the program received a perfect report. \u201cThis means we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1338,"featured_media":6658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-library-and-information-studies","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Valerie-Karno-web-300x300.jpg\")
The Harrington School\u2019s Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences is a consistent success story.<\/span><\/p>\n