Thinking about a Ph.D. in Information Studies but concerned about how to accomplish that while working full time? No problem. Long Island University's Palmer School of Library and Information Science has the answer. The doctoral program at the university’s C.W. Post Campus in Brookville was designed to fit a working person's busy schedule.

The Palmer School of Library and Information Science will hold an Open House for all prospective Ph.D. students on Saturday, December 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Palmer School's Ph.D. Learning Center, Room 330, on the second floor of the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Route 25A (Northern Boulevard) in Brookville, NY.

The Palmer School's Ph.D. program in Information Studies is the only one of its kind in the greater New York Metropolitan area. It prepares individuals to assume leadership positions in research, teaching and in practice. Graduates of the program will be equipped to fill a documented need for researchers and faculty members in the broad field of information studies.

The Ph.D. in Information Studies utilizes a strong interdisciplinary approach because solutions to the problems of organizing, storing and retrieving vast amounts of information require the combined knowledge of computer scientists, management specialists, educators, psychologists, librarians and others. The program offers two main areas of study - knowledge organization and access, and information studies and services - and is structured to accommodate part-time students who are already working in the information field or in related professions.

The Palmer School encourages applications from minority groups and is committed to equal-opportunity acceptance of candidates into the program in order to offset the shortage of minorities in the information professions. Applicants must hold a master's degree in any discipline. The Palmer School of Library and Information Science is part of C.W. Post’s College of Information and Computer Science.

The C.W. Post Campus is located at 720 Northern Blvd. (Route 25A), Brookville, NY. For additional information contact Dr. Charles Hildreth, Director of the Doctoral Program, at (516) 299-2178 or email hildreth@liu.edu.