图书馆和信息科学研究生证书（GCLIS）的任务是使硕士前或硕士后学生具备从图书馆学或信息研究中选择的特定领域的专业能力和解决问题的能力。学校提供的丰富课程。例如，如果GCLIS学生想要更新他或她在特定领域的技能，则他或她可以选择提供有关近期技术，技巧或技能的培训的课程，这些技能以前从未获得过，或者已经过时了。此外，学生可能会获得GCLIS，以便获得新就业机会的必要培训。学生可以混合使用学校提供的全部课程目录。
The mission of the Graduate Certificate in Library and Information Science (GCLIS) is to equip paraprofessionals, current master's degree students and master's degree graduates with specialized competencies and problem-solving abilities in a particular area of librarianship or information studies chosen from the wealth of courses offered by the School. For instance, if a GCLIS student would like to update his or her skills in a particular area, he or she may select courses that offer training in recent technologies, techniques, or skills that either were not obtained in a previous degree program or have become outdated. Additionally, a student might obtain the GCLIS in order to acquire the requisite training for new employment opportunities. Students may mix and match from the entire catalog of courses offered by the School but may not apply more than nine (9) GCLIS credits toward a master's degree.