Library Science Courses and Certifications

An introduction to school librarianship

9 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course provides an introduction to school librarianship. The course is designed to develop learners’ confidence and skills in delivering a library service in schools. It could be of use ...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

BLI-221: Library Information and Society

Introduces how libraries and information institutions serve society through legislation, resource sharing networks, professional ethics, and supporting organizations.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLI-011: Libraries: An introduction

An introduction to libraries as social institutions, their types and functions, and the core operations that support collections and reader services.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLIE-226 Management of Library and Information Centre

Learn to manage library and information centre operations through quality and change management, infrastructure planning, budgeting, disaster management, and human resources.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLI-222: Information Sources and Services

Learn to classify and evaluate documentary, human, institutional, and media information sources, then connect them to reference, literature search, database, and user services.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLII-013: Information Sources and Library Services

Explore information sources, their evaluation, and the circulation, reference, awareness, and user services libraries provide.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLI-223: Organising and Managing Information

Learn to classify, catalogue, index, and represent information across traditional and digital platforms, including metadata, ontologies, and online catalogues.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLII-012: Document Processing and Organisation

Learn to classify, catalog, file, and shelve library documents using DDC, AACR-2R, and established filing rules.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLIE-228 Information Products and Services

Learn to design library information products and services through searching, current awareness, abstracting, consolidation, repackaging, and web content development.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

Information Sources and Services

Learn how libraries classify, evaluate, retrieve, and disseminate information through reference sources, electronic resources, specialized services, and user-focused practices.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 12, 2026
• Free Online Course

Library Automation and Digitisation

Covers library automation with Koha and digital library development with DSpace, including MARC 21 cataloging, metadata, digitization, and repository administration.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLIE-227 Document Processing Practice

Practice classifying, cataloguing, and indexing documents using DDC-19, AACR-2R, MARC-21, Sears headings, keyword, and chain indexing.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BLIE-229 ICT in Libraries

Explore library automation, open-source systems, digitization, and digital-library creation with DSpace and GSDL.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA)

Research Data Management Librarian Academy [RDMLA]

Learn research data management best practices for library practice, drawing on the expertise of librarians and library and information science faculty.

• Canvas Network
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Duke;  Emory University;  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Copyright for Educators & Librarians

8 ratings

Analyze copyright questions that arise in teaching and library work: ownership, public domain, first sale, Section 110(1) exceptions, Creative Commons licensing, permissions, and fair use.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course