Helena Asamoah-Hassan

Dr.
Helena Asamoah-Hassan
Born Cape Coast
Nationality Ghanaian
Occupation librarian

Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan[1] (born 1950s in Cape Coast) is a Ghanaian librarian who is the present university librarian at the KNUST Library.[2] Her education included Breman Asikuma Roman Catholic School, Roman Catholic School (Takoradi), Howard Memorial Primary School (Takoradi), Nyaniba Middle Boarding School (Nkroful), and Konongo Odumasi Secondary School. She received a bachelor's degree in Library Science (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 1977), Master of Arts Degree in Library Studies (University of Ghana, 1981), and a PhD. (KNUST, 2011).[3] She was the president of the Ghana Library Association from 2003 to 2006,[4] and the first president of the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions.[5] She is one of 14 members of the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme.[6]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan". Libraries in the Early 21st Century: An International Perspective (1st ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter Saur. 2012. p. 543. ISBN 978-3-11-029285-5.
  2. ↑ "University Librarian". knust.edu.gh. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "University Librarian". KNUST Library. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Dr Helena Asamoah-Hassan". unisa.ac.za. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Dr Helena Asamoah-Hassan". University of South Africa. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "International Advisory Committee (IAC)". UNESCO. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dr Helena Asamoah-Hassan honored as BioMed Central's Open Access Advocate of the Year". BioMed Central. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2014.


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