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From Library and Archival Studies to Information Studies: A Convergence

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This chapter traces the history and development of education for Libraries. Archives and Information Studies in Ghana. It provides the circumstance that led to various changes in the names, curricula and programmes in the Department as well as challenges faced by the Department in developing the profession in Ghana. The writers are of the view that the Department has made a lot of impact on the profession, internationally and nationally and changing conditions might require more adaptations to the curriculum in the future.

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  1. Department of Information Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

    Prof. H. Akussah & Prof. A. A. Alemna

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  1. Geog. & Res. Development, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

    Samuel Agyei-Mensah

  2. MountCrest University College, Accra, Ghana

    Joseph Atsu Ayee

  3. Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

    Abena D. Oduro

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Akussah, H., Alemna, A. (2014). From Library and Archival Studies to Information Studies: A Convergence. In: Agyei-Mensah, S., Ayee, J., Oduro, A. (eds) Changing Perspectives on the Social Sciences in Ghana. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8715-4_11

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