Characteristics and careers of past post-graduate diploma students of the Department of Library and Archival Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 1981/82–1987/88

Abstract

This paper summarises the findings of a survey of the careers and characteristics of past postgraduate diploma students of the Department of Library and Archival Studies, University of Ghana between 1981/82 and 1987/88. It examines issues such as their sex; how they came to choose the profession; what jobs they were doing before enrolling at the library school; job mobility; job satisfaction; and the relevance of the courses at the Department to their present employment and activities. Among the findings are that the Department has produced more males than females; the highest number of graduates are found in special libraries; and most the graduates complained about the theoretical bias of the courses in the Department.