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Title:Carving a market niche for ARCIS graduates: the first scorecard
Authors:Tiamiyu, M. Adisa
Aiyepeku, W. OlabodeISNI
Year:2004
Periodical:African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science
Volume:14
Issue:2
Pages:81-92
Language:English
Geographic terms:West Africa
Nigeria
Subjects:information management
graduates
employment
Abstract:This paper reviews the antecedents and evolving mission of the Africa Regional Centre for Information Science (ARCIS) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, as well as its contribution of graduates from its Master of Information Science degree programme to the information science and human resources of Nigeria and West Africa in particular, and Africa in general. The review is based on the available data on ARCIS graduates as at late 2003. Among the main findings of the study is that ARCIS graduates appear to have attained significant market penetration in both the private and public sectors of the Nigerian economy, and are holding down jobs in some of the most competitive subsectors of both the public and private sectors, including banks and other financial houses, the oil industries and the universities. However, the employment of ARCIS graduates in other West African countries has been minimal because of the problems of inadequate applicants and graduates of other West African countries, a challenge for existing and new stakeholders in the ARCIS project. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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