Applications should be submitted by March 1 for assistantships beginning the following Fall. Assistantships are also available in the Walter Clinton Jackson Library and the Teaching and Learning Center. Faculty advisers encourage students to file applications with these agencies. Career Opportunities Excellent career opportunities exist for graduates with the Master of Library and Information Studies degree. Most job openings are in school, public, academic, special, community college, and technical institute libraries.
Librarianship is also an excellent preparation for positions in other information service areas.
Placement Efforts to inform applicants of job market conditions are made through initial interviews and before applicants begin their course of study. The Department regularly receives position announcements and makes them available by bulletin board postings and job-posting notebooks in the LIS Student Lounge , and by email. Graduates of the Department have an excellent record of obtaining professional positions. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is committed to equality of educational opportunity and does not discriminate against applicants, students, or employees based on race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, or disability. Moreover, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is open to people of all races and actively seeks to promote racial integration by recruiting and enrolling a large number of black students.