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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Would you like to earn a <b>MLIS</b> degree online from an ALA accredited program? If so, the Southern Miss School of Library and Information Science is now accepting applications for admission
for spring 2016. <a href="http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science" target="_blank" title="http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science
Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link"><span style="color:blue">http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Why Southern Miss?</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">No out-of-state fees, flexible schedule - no rigid cohorts<o:p></o:p></span>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Required courses and a variety of electives offered each semester including summer<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Admission requirements revised to offer option to submit either GRE or MAT scores<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Smaller class sizes, personal attention from advisors.<o:p></o:p></span>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">What is unique about Southern Miss?</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Children’s Book Festival each spring <a href="http://www.usm.edu/childrens-book-festival" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.usm.edu/childrens-book-festival</span></a><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">British Studies offered each summer <a href="http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/british-studies" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/british-studies</span></a><o:p></o:p></span>
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Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link"><span style="color:blue">http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/graduate-certificate-archives-and-special-collections</span></a><o:p></o:p></span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Graduate Certificate in Youth Services and Literature <a href="http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/graduate-certificate-youth-services-and-literature" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/graduate-certificate-youth-services-and-literature</span></a><o:p></o:p></span>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Application</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> is online through the Graduate School:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Admission requirements: </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/graduate-admissions" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/graduate-admissions</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">SLIS also offers an online bachelor’s degree in LIS (LIS BS) or an undergraduate minor in LIS. <a href="http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/undergraduate-program" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.usm.edu/library-information-science/undergraduate-program</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">For more information, contact Undergrad Advisor J. Edmand Pace (<a href="mailto:johnnie.pace@usm.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">johnnie.pace@usm.edu</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Would you like to meet our faculty? Watch the video at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><a href="http://animoto.com/play/ntasj4ZDpfDKiVqxrnwTCw" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://animoto.com/play/ntasj4ZDpfDKiVqxrnwTCw</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Teresa S. Welsh, Ph.D., Professor and Director (<a href="mailto:teresa.welsh@usm.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">teresa.welsh@usm.edu</span></a>)<br>
School of Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">The University of Southern Mississippi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Office: 601-266-4235<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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