Structure of the Information Management Program

Die Struktur ist wie folgt aufgebaut. Im ersten Studienabschnitt vermittelt das Studienprogramm den Studierenden Basiskompetenzen für das breite Berufsfeld des Informationsmanagements überwiegend in Form von Pflichtfächern. Es handelt sich hierbei um die Erarbeitung von theoretischen und praxisbezogenen Grundlagenkenntnissen, die auf verschiedensten Medien vorgehalten werden.

Ein bunter Mix

Ein erheblicher Anteil des Pflichtbereichs im ersten Studienabschnitt umfasst die Erarbeitung von Kenntnissen der angewandten Informatik, insbesondere der Programmierung von Datenbanken. Daneben werden Kenntnisse im Bereich der Informationsrecherche und Informationserschließung vermittelt und es werden allgemeine Grundlagenfächer angeboten.

Viele Wahlmöglichkeiten

Aufgrund der Struktur können sich die Studierenden bereits im ersten Studienabschnitt anfangen zu spezialisieren. Im zweiten und dritten Semester wählen sie jeweils zwei von drei Wahlpflichtmodulen. Erst im zweiten Studienabschnitt, also nach dem ersten Pflichtpraktikum, erfolgt eine tiefere Spezialisierung. Dort gibt es kaum noch Pflichtfächer. Das breitgefächerte Angebot an aufeinander aufbauenden Wahlpflichtmodulen ist in folgende Kompetenzfelder aufgeteilt:

Bibliothek

Studierende, die das Kompetenzfeld Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek belegen, qualifizieren sich für eigenverantwortliche Tätigkeiten in wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken. Dazu gehört das Metadatenmanagement, die Vermittlung von Informationskompetenz sowie systembibliothekarischen Aufgaben. Sie sind in der Lage, eine kleine Informationseinrichtung eigenverantwortlich zu leiten. Dabei lernen sie ergebnis- und teamorientiert sowie flexibel mit hoher Dienstleistungs- und Kundenorientierung zu arbeiten. Die Laufbahnbefähigung „Wissenschaftliche Dienste an Bibliotheken (Laufbahngruppe 2)“ kann verliehen werden.

Knowledge Services

The field of competence Knowledge Services is dedicated to core processes around information services and knowledge work. It teaches basic know-how on the acquisition, processing and provision of content, on the marketing and management of information products and services, and on methods for information and knowledge transfer.

Information Literacy

In the field of competence Information Literacy, concepts for implementing training courses are developed on the basis of basic didactic knowledge and a selection of teaching methods. In a practice-oriented sub-module, students carry out these training courses and reflect on their teaching activities. The courses are aimed at students in libraries or employees in companies.

Medienwissen

The field of competence Media Expertise covers both the history of the letterpress and print media as well as the knowledge of storage possibilities for audiovisual media. In this area, analogue and digital information mediums in the fields of photography, audio, film and video are examined with regard to their technical characteristics such as resolution and reproduction quality, storage and copying capability as well as further processing. In addition, research and documentation in the field of the above-mentioned AV media will be addressed and corresponding regulations will be discussed.

Data Science

The field of competence Data Science offers modules for information retrieval, text and data mining and the application of these methods in scientific institutions. On the one hand, this field of competence should prepare for the increasing importance of text and data mining in the professional practice of information managers, especially in scientific libraries. On the other hand, this module is also intended to prepare students for subjects in the fields of machine learning, retrieval, data mining and computational linguistics in information science master programs.

Web Information Management

The field of competence Online Information Management deals with the development, optimization and marketing of complex online offers. It includes the realization of multimedia and highly interactive internet projects as well as the review and improvement of the user experience and online marketing.

Firstly, the division of modules into fields of competence should enable a wide variety of study paths. Secondly, the grouping of electives in larger coherent fields of competence should lead to all students acquiring in-depth knowledge in two areas.

Of the 15 potential combinations, eleven are supported in the timetable, as they lead to job profiles in demand on the labour market. The remaining four combinations are not possible for capacity reasons.

Combinations:

Library and Information Literacy	Classical librarian who performs training
Library and Media Expertise	Librarian specialising in music, AV media or historical collections Optionally museum or archive work
Library and Data Science	Librarian with IT knowledge System librarian
Knowledge Services and Media Expertise	Information manager in a company with focus on the use of various media
Knowledge Services and Data Science	Technically oriented information manager Research Data Management Participation in data analysis, business intelligence, monitoring etc.
Knowledge Services and Online Information Management	Technically oriented information manager Web Developer
Information Literacy and Media Expertise	Media instructor
Information Literacy and Online Information Management	Educational use of web technologies e-Learning
Media Expertise and Data Science	Participation in digitization projects Research Data Management Technical tasks in libraries and archives with AV collections
Media Expertise and Online Information Management	Preparation of digital content for the Internet Online Marketing Publishing houses
Data Science and Online Information Management	Technically oriented information managers at the junction of information management and system development Database manager

Learning contents of the individual fields of competence (available in German):