The Palomar College Library and Information Technology Program debuted in Fall 1970 as the Library Technology Program. The first certificate was awarded in Spring 1971. Since that time the Program has successfully awarded both Certificates and Associate degrees to prepare workers for jobs in the Library industry.

Effective June 2009, the American Library Association approved Palomar’s entire LIT Program as meeting all the requirements for their Library and Support Staff Certification (LSSC). This approval makes all students graduating from Palomar with an LIT Certificate immediately eligible for the certification.

We renamed our program (Library and Information Technology Program) in 2012 to align it with changes in the library field that emphasize the links to the larger Information industry. At that time, we also changed the Associate degree from one in Arts to one in Science.

Since 2014 our core course offerings (LT prefix) have been offered exclusively online.