青年（儿童和/或年轻人）服务是专业图书馆实践活动的一个领域，其重点是在公共图书馆环境中满足儿童，年轻人及其照顾者的信息，娱乐，教育和文化需求。这个多样化的领域包括面向19岁以下未成年人的图书馆服务。最适合此重点领域的学生是那些喜欢与广泛的青年及其照顾者一起工作，与不同的客户互动，从事创造性活动（例如木偶，传统和数字故事讲述，戏剧，戏剧，诗歌大满贯，口语）的学生。等），并规划与扫盲相关的计划。一些青年服务的图书馆员仅与青少年一起工作，另一些仅与儿童一起工作，还有一些则同时针对两个年龄段。
The Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree is a 36-credit-hour program, one of approximately 63 programs in the United States and Canada accredited by the American Library Association and the only ALA-accredited program in the state of Alabama. The degree prepares graduates to work in any type of library setting public, school (PK-12), academic, or special. The MLIS also equips students for work in archives, information organizations, and in entrepreneurial and research environments, especially those using information technologies and artificial intelligence.