Degree in Information and Library Science

2024/2025 · 240 credits

What you learn

A Facultade de Humanidades e Documentación en xeral, e o Grao en Información e Documentación en particular, ofrecen unha formación de alta calidade tanto no aspecto puramente académico como na faceta máis profesional das diferentes técnicas documentais.

Dada a propia planificación do título, ofrécese tamén profundos contidos de corte humanista que complementan e melloran a formación do alumno.

Ambos aspectos forman unha excelente base para o futuro profesional.

Complete study skills

Professional and academic career

O Grao en Información e Documentación plantexa como principal obxetivo a formación de profesionais nos métodos de clasificación e catalogación de libros e documentos, os diferentes sistemas de arquivo, as normas de catalogación e clasificación, a organización de bibliotecas e no uso de fontes de información bibliográfica. Ademais será básica a formación en aspectos relacionados coa organización dos centros e coa aplicación de novas tecnoloxías.

Sectores
  • Bibliotecas (xerais e especializadas)
  • Aquivos (Administración pública e empresas)
  • Centros de información e documentación (medios de comunicación, editoriais, hospitais, empresas, etc.)
  • Empresas de Servizos de Documentación.

Professional and academic career

O Grao en Información e Documentación plantexa como principal obxetivo a formación de profesionais nos métodos de clasificación e catalogación de libros e documentos, os diferentes sistemas de arquivo, as normas de catalogación e clasificación, a organización de bibliotecas e no uso de fontes de información bibliográfica. Ademais será básica a formación en aspectos relacionados coa organización dos centros e coa aplicación de novas tecnoloxías.

Sectores
  • Bibliotecas (xerais e especializadas)
  • Aquivos (Administración pública e empresas)
  • Centros de información e documentación (medios de comunicación, editoriais, hospitais, empresas, etc.)
  • Empresas de Servizos de Documentación.

Planning for teaching

This study has teaching guide
You can read it to learn more about the study. In the table below you can see the individual teaching guides for each subject.

Study structure

The degrees are organized by courses. Click on a academic year for more information.

  Guide Type QTR. credits
Nature and Development of Information Units With restrictions Optional 1st 6 ECTS
Municipal Archives With restrictions Optional 1st 6 ECTS
Information Policies With restrictions Optional 1st 6 ECTS
Administration of Archives With restrictions Optional 1st 6 ECTS
Information Sources in Science and Technology With restrictions Optional 1st 6 ECTS
Business Archives With restrictions Optional 1st 6 ECTS
Work Placement (Practicum) With restrictions Compulsory 1st 12 ECTS
Digital Libraries With restrictions Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Design of Online Information Resources With restrictions Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Retrieval and Evaluation of Electronic Information With restrictions Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Documentation Techniques Applied to Scientific Research With restrictions Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS
Promotions of Services in Information Units With restrictions Optional 2nd 6 ECTS
Final Year Dissertation With restrictions Compulsory 2nd 6 ECTS

 BOE with syllabus (PDF)

Student mobility

UDC holds student mobility agreements with universities and other third-level institutions across four continents. Students are offered several opportunities each year to apply to study abroad in one of these centres (for a single term or for a whole year), with the guarantee that all credits obtained will be duly recognised in their academic record upon their return.

For each round of applications, the University publishes the list of exchange options available to students and, where relevant, the specific conditions associated with each. Students may also apply to the University for funding for international work experience placements and internships.

Work experience placements are accredited in the student's academic record and the European diploma supplement. Students are free to decide in which host company or academic institution within the EHEA they wish to carry out their placement. To assist them in their search, the University has created an online noticeboard with jobs postings and other news.

Work-study placements in A Coruña are arranged by the International Relations Office (ORI) of the UDC in collaboration with the international relations coordinators in the student’s home university. The general entry criteria, rights and obligations of students, and admission and acceptance procedures for the programme, are regulated by the UDC Mobility Policy.