Helena Asamoah-Hassan

**Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan** (bɛ ni daa n doɣi so 1950s, Cape Coast) nyɛla Ghanaian librarian ŋun na n-nyɛ  *executive director* n-ti African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA), *board chair* n-ti Ghana Library Authority ka lahi n-nyɛ *secretary general of African Regional Memory of the World Committee*.
## O tuma
Ŋuna n-nyɛ University Librarian kurili n-ti Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Ghana Library Association nima zuɣulana bin din n gbaai yuuni 2002 la puuni hali ni yuuni 2006 la puuni, ka daa lahi n-nyɛ tuuli zuɣulana n-ti African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) nima.  Ŋuna n daa n-nyɛ Chairperson of the International Advisory Committee n-ti UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme bin din n gbaai yuuni 2013 la puuni hali ni yuuni 2015 puuni. IFLA Governing Board nima puuni yino bin din n gbaai yuuni 2010 la puuni - 2012 puuni ka daa lahi n-nyɛ Chairperson of the Management Committee n-ti Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH) ka lahi n-nyɛ bɛ *founding member* bin din n gbaai silimin goli March yuuni 2004 la puuni hali ni yuuni 2013 puuni.
### O zaashehi
* 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
* Member, Board of Directors, New Times Corporation, Ghana, May   2011 to 2013
## O shikuru baŋsim
Asamoah-Hassan daa n chaŋla Breman Asikuma Roman Catholic School mini Howard Memorial Primary School din m be Takoradi, ka daa lahi n chaŋ n ti n tuɣi Nyaniba Middle Boarding School din m be Nkroful ka daa n yi nimaani n chaŋ Konongo Odumasi Secondary School nti n niŋ o *secondary education*. O daa m bohimla Library Science Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria (yuuni 1977) puuni ni o deei o *bachelor degree*. O daa n deela o *Master of Arts Degree in Library Studies* puuni n yi University of Ghana yuuni 1981 puuni na, ka n deei o PhD mii n yina Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology yuuni 2011 puuni.
## ''Publications''
Asamoah-Hassan sabila gbana pihiwei ni ayobu, ŋa shɛŋa  nima n-nyɛ:
* Growth of African Research, Equity in Access and Dissemination of African content - the Catalysts.
* AfLIA and Library Human Capital Development for Africa’s development. 
* The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH)- History & Way Forward. Presented at a CARLIGH meeting held in Accra in March 2019
* The African Library and Information Association (AfLIA). Presented at the GLA Conference in Accra, 6 December 2017
* Contribution of Libraries to Development in Africa. Presented at the Side Event of the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, New York, USA, June 2017
* The Scholarly e-Information Access in Ghana – An Overview. Presented at the UNESCO –CERN Workshop held at KNUST, Kumasi, in December 2016
* UN agenda 2030: Sustainable Development Goals and Libraries. Presented at the International Workshop on UN Agenda 2030 and AU Agenda 2063 held at the Balme Library, University of Ghana, Legon, 5th  – 6 May 2016
*The Library and the Scholarly Community. Presented at the Collaborative Publishing Workshop organised by PKP/CARLIGH on 4 May 2016 at CSIR INSTI, Accra
*Sustaining CoP with a Strategic Plan. Presented at the Volta River Authority (VRA) of Ghana Staff held at Akosombo, 21 March 2016
*Library Landscape in Ghana. Presented Online to Students of Melanie Sellar of San Jose University, USA on 2 November 2015.
*INELI – Sub Saharan Africa (INELI-SSA): Plans and Prospects. Presented at Global INELI meeting held at the Bill & Melinda Foundation Offices, Seattle, USA in May 2015 .
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*Memory of the World (MoW) Programme – a Summary Paper presented at the UNESCO Forum, WLIC/ IFLA Conference in Milan, Italy (2009).
## Pin'gahinda shɛŋa o ni n dehi
*2012 BioMed Central's Open Access Advocate of the Year
*IFLA Service Medal – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ( IFLA), 2012
*Certificate of Honour and Life Member, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria,  Society of Library Science Students, from June 1988.
*Fellow, Ghana Library Association, 2006

## Kundivihira
 
## External links
*KNUSTSpace:Library, Ghana
*Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH)
*International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ( IFLA)