Helena Asamoah-Hassan

Dr.
Helena Asamoah-Hassan
Born
Cape Coast, Ghana
OccupationLibrarian
Websiteweb.aflia.net

Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan[1] (born 1950s, Cape Coast) is a Ghanaian librarian who is the present executive director of African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA), the board chair for the Ghana Library Authority[2][3] and the secretary general of African Regional Memory of the World Committee.[4]

Career

She is the immediate past University Librarian of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).[5] President of the Ghana Library Association from 2002 to 2006,[6] and the first president of the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA).[7] She served as the Chairperson of the International Advisory Committee for UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme 2013 – 2015.[8][9] A member of the IFLA Governing Board 2010 - 2012[10] and the Chairperson of the Management Committee of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) as well as a founding member from March 2004 to 2013.[11]

Positions held

  • Treasurer, UST Branch of UTAG, January 1999 to 2001
  • Treasurer, UTAG National, September 1999 to 2001
  • Member, Board of Governors, Konongo Odumasi Secondary School, (KOSS) February 1998 to 2014.
  • Member, Executive Committee of UST Branch of UTAG, January 1997 to December 1998.
  • Commissioner, National Media Commission of Ghana, 2003 to 2006[12]
  • Member, Board of Directors, New Times Corporation, Ghana, May   2011 to 2013

Education

Asamoah-Hassan attended the Breman Asikuma Roman Catholic School and Howard Memorial Primary School in Takoradi, and continued at the Nyaniba Middle Boarding School in Nkroful and then to Konongo Odumasi Secondary School for her secondary education. She studied Library Science at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (1977) for a bachelor's degree. She obtained her Master of Arts Degree in Library Studies from the University of Ghana in 1981, and a PhD from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2011.[13]

Publications

Asamoah-Hassan has written 96 papers, some of which include:

Awards

  • 2012 BioMed Central's Open Access Advocate of the Year[19]
  • IFLA Service Medal – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ( IFLA), 2012[20]
  • Certificate of Honour and Life Member, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria,  Society of Library Science Students, from June 1988.
  • Fellow, Ghana Library Association, 2006

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. ^ "Governance Structure – African Library & Information Associations & Institutions". Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  3. ^ "Board Of Library Authority Tasked To Transform The System". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  4. ^ "9 member National Memory of the World Committee inaugurated". GhanaWeb. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  5. ^ "People in the News - Helena Asamoah-Hassan". Insights. 25 (3): 227–230. 2012-11-05. doi:10.1629/2048-7754.25.3.227. ISSN 2048-7754.
  6. ^ "Ghana Library Association - Past Presidents". www.gla-net.org. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. ^ IFLA Africa Section (18 August 2013). "MINUTES OF THE IFLA AFRICA SECTION MEETINGS HELD IN SINGAPORE DURING THE WLIC CONGRESS" (PDF). IFLA. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  8. ^ "11th Meeting of the International Advisory CommitteeMemory of the World ProgrammeGwangju, Republic of Korea, 18-20 June 2013". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  9. ^ "International Advisory Committee (IAC)". UNESCO. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  10. ^ Columbia, President Ingrid Parent University Librarian University of British; Vancouver, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall V6T 1Z1; Technology; Columbia, Level 7 V6B 6B1 Vancouver British; Droit, Département; économie; Library, International Programs Yale University; Haven, Sterling Memorial Library P. O. BOX 208240 New; MC-402. "IFLA |". www.ifla.org. Retrieved 2020-05-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Management Committee". www.carligh.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  12. ^ "People in the News - Helena Asamoah-Hassan". Insights. 25 (3): 227–230. 2012-11-05. doi:10.1629/2048-7754.25.3.227. ISSN 2048-7754.
  13. ^ "University Librarian". KNUST Library. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Programme | SPARC Open Access Symposium". www.sparcafricasymp.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  15. ^ Asamoah-Hassan, Helena (5 December 2019). "Growth of African Research, Equity in Access and Dissemination of African content -the Catalysts" (PDF). SPARC Africa Sympsium. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Ministerial Conference - Home". ghanalibrary.org. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  17. ^ "CERN-UNESCO School on Digital Libraries, Kumasi, Ghana, 2016". Indico. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  18. ^ "Programme and Proceedings, World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly Milan, Italy, August 2009". IFLA. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  19. ^ "Dr Helena Asamoah-Hassan honored as BioMed Central's Open Access Advocate of the Year". BioMed Central. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  20. ^ "IFLA -- Honours and Awards given at IFLA 2012". www.ifla.org. Retrieved 2020-05-24.