Information Matters – Library and Information Studies at the University of Brighton

As part of their MA course, our students have to do a placement in a host organisation. This is partly to give them relevant work experience but is mainly to give them a setting within which they can carry out a piece of research. This forms the basis of their dissertation. It also gives the host organisation a useful piece of work – typically something they don’t have the time or resources to do themselves.

Recent projects have included: an evaluation of services to disabled children in East Sussex; the role of Knowledge Support Librarians in the NHS in Hampshire; the use of visual imagery to promote Rare Books and Special Collections; geo-tagging as a retrieval aid at Screen Archive South East.

This is a small sample of what recent students have done, but you can see the range for yourselves. One local host commented on one placement: “It was a very positive experience for everyone involved. We have been able to use her dissertation on electronic resources to great effect…”

This is the time of year that we start matching students up with host organisations. The placements themselves take place over the summer (for full-time students) and from October through to February (for part-time students). If you’d be interested in hosting a placement or would like to know more please contact:

Audrey Marshall
a.m.marshall@brighton.ac.uk.