Fortbildung bibliothekarischer Fachkräfte an der Hochschule Hannover

Ergebnisse einer Absolventenstudie

Abstract

For the past ten years, the extra-occupational bachelor’s degree program “Informationsmanagement – berufsbegleitend” at the Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts has qualified library employees – so called “Fachangestellte für Medien- und Informationsdienste“ (FaMIs) – for higher-level tasks in the library sector. The students work in public or academic libraries. They have either a university entrance qualification or they can make use of the initiative “Offene Hochschule Niedersachsen” (Open University Lower Saxony – FaMI training + at least three years of relevant professional experience). On the occasion of an upcoming study reform, the 125 graduates of the first seven years were asked in February 2023 in an online survey about their further professional growth and their retrospective assessment of the studies (response rate 93%). The results show a very high level of satisfaction with the study program and the professional career. They also give clues for adding or deepening the curriculum with topics such as human resource management and Open Science. The 116 respondents also pointed out that although they are welcome on the labour market as qualified specialists, they did not receive enough support from their employers during their studies. A third of them changed institutions after graduation.