Media, information, management - Hamburg information professionals and their start into business

In summer 1993, at the Department of Library and Information Studies, Fachh ochschule Hamburg (University of Applied Sciences), the starting signal was given for the new - and in the Federal Republic unique - course of study i n media documentation. 35 students started the four years lasting course, w hich should train them as information experts for jobs in media-oriented in stitutions. The field of action for those Hamburg information professionals was not limited to the documentation units at the large publishing houses or broadcasting companies-, the newcomers also should be qualified for acti vities in other, more multimedia-oriented work fields. 1997 the first ten g raduates finished their studies successfully, by February 2000, another 66 graduated media documentalists followed. When, how and where those pioneers found a job after their education, clarifies a whereabouts study (with a r eturn ratio of 82.9 percent), which also provides information about the ave rage gross income of the graduates, about their evaluations of the educatio n concept and their statements of opinion about the planned renaming of the course.