Alumni perceptions of a post graduate Information and LibraryScience Education programme at the University of Natal, South Africa

A survey of alumni perceptions of a post graduate programme in Information and Library Science. the B.Bibl. Honours. atthe University of Natal. South Africa is described. Module content and apprapriateness are reviewed in relation todemands of the workplace. Alumni views on delivery and assessment methods are interrogated as are requirements interms of continuing education. Critical issues in ILS education are identified, for example. balancing a human-centredapproach with Information and Communication Technology competencies in the networked age. Reference is made toInformation Management and Knowledge Management. Findings suggest that the Programme has broadly attained itsanticipated outcomes in preparing alumni for the workplace and that to some extent a balance between the variousconsiderations outlined in the literature had been achieved.