THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ANGLOPHONE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION-SCIENCE EDUCATORS IN AFRICA

Ninety-four library/information science educators in Africa were surve yed through a questionnaire in order to ascertain their characteristic s with respect to their qualifications, teaching and library work expe rience, nationality, and the journals they consulted frequently. The f indings reveal that library/information science educators in Africa ar e highly qualified, as 87% of the respondents had master's degrees or higher in librarianship. A sizable number of the respondents (62%) hav e degrees in other disciplines in addition to library and information science qualifications. A majority of the respondents had worked in th e field before taking up teaching appointments. Only 14% of the respon dents were expatriates. The study concludes that library/information s cience educators in Africa can be favorably compared with their counte rparts elsewhere.