I currently hold a Michigan Provisional Teaching Certificate. I wish
to enroll in a Master's program that would allow me to add a Library
Media endorsement or a Technology endorsement to my current
certificate.  I am interested in taking an online Master's Degree
program. Which online Master's Degree program would meet Michigan's
requirements for adding these endorsements to my certificate?

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Clarification of Question by lizzardq-ga on 04 Oct 2003 17:19 PDT

I know this question requires pretty specific information, but if
someone is willing to answer my question quickly, I would be willing
to negotiate the price. I really need help - I can't find the answer
to this question anywhere! :-)

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Clarification of Question by lizzardq-ga on 07 Oct 2003 16:57 PDT

Since on one is answering my orginal question, I've decided to
increase the price and request less information from you. I just need
help finding an online library science program that is ALA
accreditited that can be taken entirely online.

Please help me!! I'm getting desperate!

Thanks! :-)

Hi! Thanks for the question.

The American Library Association (ALA) has a list of accredited
distance education for Master's Programs in Library and Information
Studies. Here is a list of schools that offer online degrees.

University of Arizona
School of Information Resources and Library Science
1515 East First Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: 520-621-3565 Fax: 520-621-3279 
Email: sirls@u.arizona.edu 
www.sir.arizona.edu  
  
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San Jose State University
School of Library and Information Science
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0029
Phone: 408-924-2490 Fax: 408-924-2476 
http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/ 
Email: office@wahoo.sjsu.edu    
Admissions Contact: Office Phone: 408-924-2490   
 
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Southern Connecticut State University
School of Communication, Information and Library Science
Department of Information and Library Science
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
Toll free 888-500-7278, press 4   
Phone: 203-392-5781 Fax: 203-392-5780 
www.southernct.edu/departments/ils/ 
Email: ILS@southernct.edu    
Admissions Contact: Office Phone: 203-392-5781 or 1-888-500SCSU, then
press 4

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Florida State University
School of Information Studies
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100
Phone: 850-644-5775 Fax: 850-644-9763 
www.lis.fsu.edu        
Admissions Contact Phone: 850-644-5772 
Email: grad@lis.fsu.edu

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Library and Information Science Building
501 East Daniel Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217-333-3280 Fax: 217-244-3302 
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/    
Admissions Contact: Valerie Youngen 
Email: vyoungen@uiuc.edu  
Phone: 217-333-0734 Toll-free: 800-982-0914

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Emporia State University
School of Library and Information Management
1200 Commercial Campus, PO Box 4025
Emporia, KS 66801
Phone: 316-341-5203 Fax: 316-341-5233 
http://slim.emporia.edu/    
Admissions Contact: Mirah Dow 
Email: dowmirah@emporia.edu 


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University of Kentucky
College of Communications and Information Studies
School of Library and Information Science
502 King Library Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0039
Phone: 859-257-8876 Fax: 859-257-4205 
www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/SLIS/    
Email: tsineath@pop.uky.edu  


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Louisiana State University
School of Library and Information Science
267 Coates Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-3158 Fax: 225-578-4581 
Email: slis@lsu.edu      
http://slis.lsu.edu/ 
Email: bpaskoff@lsu.edu  
Admissions Contact: Polly McKenzie Phone: 225-578-3158

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University of Southern Mississippic
School of Library and Information Science
Box 5146
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5146
Phone: 601-266-4228 Fax: 601-266-5774 
www.dept.usm.edu/~slis         

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University of Missouri-Columbia
School of Information Science and Learning Technologies
303 Townsend Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-884-1391 Toll-free: 877-747-5868 
Fax: 573-884-2917 
www.coe.missouri.edu/~sislt       
Admissions Contact: Paula Schlager 
Email: sisltnfo@coe.missouri.edu  
Phone: 573-884-2670


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University at Buffalo
State University of New York
Department of Library and Information Studies
School of Informatics
534 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-1020
Phone: 716-645-2412 Fax: 716-645-3775 
www.informatics.buffalo.edu/lis/  
Email: ub-lis@buffalo.edu       
Judith Robinson, Chair Phone: 716-645-2412

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Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Department of Library Science
840 Wood St.
Clarion, PA 16214-1232
Phone: 814-393-2271 Fax: 814-393-2150 
www.clarion.edu/libsci         
Email: amiller@clarion.edu 

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Drexel University
College of Information Science and Technology
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875
Phone: 215-895-2474 Fax: 215-895-2494 
www.cis.drexel.edu           
Admissions Contact: Ray Cambell   
Phone: 215-895-2485 
Email: info@cis.drexel.edu 


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University of Rhode Island
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Rodman Hall
94 W. Alumni Avenue, Suite 2
Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401-874-2947 Fax: 401-874-4964 
www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc  
Email: gslis@etal.uri.edu      
W. Michael Havener, Director   
Admissions Contact: Jennifer Legate

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University of Tennessee
School of Information Sciences
451 Communications & UEB
1345 Circle Park Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-0341
Phone: 865-974-2148 Fax: 865-974-4967 
www.sis.utk.edu           
Admissions Contact: Kristie Atwood   
Phone: 865-974-2858 
Email: katwood@utk.edu  
   
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Texas Woman's University
School of Information
PO Box 425438
Denton, TX 76204-5438
Phone: 940-898-2602 Fax: 940-898-2611 
www.libraryschool.net           
Admissions Contact: Keith Swigger 
Email: slis@twu.edu 


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University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Library and Information Studies
Helen C. White Hall
600 North Park Street, Rm 4217
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-2900 Fax: 608-263-4849 
www.slis.wisc.edu  
Email: uw-slis@slis.wisc.edu       
Admissions Contact: Barbara Arnold   
Phone: 608-263-2909 
Email: bjarnold@facstaff.wisc.edu 

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
School of Information Studies
Bolton Hall 510
3210 North Maryland
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-229-4707 Fax: 414-229-6699 
www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS  
Email: info@sois.uwm.edu         
Admissions Contact: Twyla McGhee, Senior Advisor 
Phone: 414-229-2902   


I got the list from the ALA website through this link:
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Accreditation1/lisdir/LIS_Directory.htm#1


In another website here are additional ALA accredited online schools
for Masters in Library Science. You might want to check them out as
well.

Online CSU
http://so-mako.sysoff.ctstateu.edu/onlinecsu/ocsu.nsf/2fa0fb6cd74e3cc585256b74004945ee/c4107f22e8b0384685256b8400692ca2?OpenDocument

Syracuse University
http://istweb.syr.edu/academics/graduate/mls/index.asp

University of Pittsburgh
http://www.sis.pitt.edu/ 

University of North Texas
http://www.unt.edu/distanceed.htm 


I got the additional lists from the World Wide Learn website through
this link:
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/library-science.htm 


Search terms used:                   
ALA “American Library Association” accredited online masters degree
          
I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
                  
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Regards,                  
Easterangel-ga                  
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by lizzardq-ga on 07 Oct 2003 19:18 PDT

Hi,
Thank you so much for responding. 

After looking over the websites you gave me, it seemed like most of
the links were to schools that offered distance learning
opportunities, but were not necessary all online. I need to find out
which programs could be taken entirely online - that have no residency
requirements at all if possible.

Thanks for your help! :-)

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 07 Oct 2003 19:59 PDT

Hi again!

If you look at the links you will notice that there are a lot more
schools listed there. The ones I listed here are the only ones that
enables you to take the courses online. I have already filtered them
according to your needs. So in a sense this is the online schools more
appropriate for you.

I hope that this clarifies and enriches my answer.

Thanks!

Best Regards,
Easterangel-ga

Easterangel did provide me with many links, but most of the links were
not what I was looking for. I stated several time that I was looking
for a master's degree program that could be taken ENTIRELY online, but
most of the links were to schools that offered online classes or
distance learning opportunities, but not masters degree programs that
could be taken entirely online like I wanted. I tried to clarify my
answer, but it seemed like he still didn't understand what exactly I
was looking for. But after searching through the many links, I did
find 2 or 3 schools that met my requirements, so my question was
answered.