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An analysis of formal requirements and methodological concepts of admission procedures applied in German Master programs in the library and information science field Inspired by the Bologna process, LIS Master programs now come with quite different admission criteria and admission procedures. Purely formal criteria – like e.g. the grade of an earlier degree – were replaced by university-specific admission procedures which differentiate by program related criteria. Ranking of applicants is now determined by scores related to working experience, by subject-based qualification, and by relevant criteria from the labour market. Interviews and assessments have been introduced as the second stage of the admission procedures. This paper gives a comprehensive overview on the different concepts applied to LIS Master programs at universities in Germany.