| Intro | Ghanaian librarian |
| Is | Librarian |
| From | Ghana |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana |
Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan (born 1950s in Cape Coast) is a Ghanaian librarian who is the present university librarian at the KNUST Library. 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). She was the president of the Ghana Library Association from 2003 to 2006, and the first president of the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions. She is one of 14 members of the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme.
Awards
- BioMed Central’s Open Access Advocate of the Year
- “Dr Helena Asamoah-Hassan honored as BioMed Central’s Open Access Advocate of the Year”. BioMed Central. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2014.