27 Short courses in Library Science

EdX is an online learning platform trusted by over 12 million users offering the Public Library Management in collaboration with the University of Michigan - MichiganX. Learn how to thrive as a public library manager.

This Knowledge Organisation course at Robert Gordon University takes a practical, hands-on approach to Knowledge Organisation, involving students in the construction of a controlled vocabulary, a faceted classification, sample thesaurus entries, and the design of a web portal. 

EdX is an online learning platform trusted by over 12 million users offering the Grant Writing and Crowdfunding for Public Libraries course in collaboration with University of Michigan - MichiganX. Learn how to increase your impact, innovate, and overcome often static funding through various fundraising and grant writing approaches.

Aberystwyth University's Rare Books Librarianship I is the first of two short course on rare books librarianship and it provides a general  introduction to this specialist field. 

This Writing and Editing - Word Choice and Word Order course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Michigan is part of  the Good with Words: Writing and Editing Specialization.

EdX is an online learning platform trusted by over 12 million users offering in collaboration the Managing a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace for Public Libraries with University of Michigan - MichiganX. Learn management skills to support workplace diversity and inclusion in a public library setting.

This Cataloguing and Classification course at Robert Gordon University takes a practical, hands-on approach to classification (using the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Universal Decimal Classification) and to cataloguing (using the MARC, AACR2, and RDA standards).