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Development of the African Digital Health Library (ADHL): Experience at the Medical Library, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

The African Digital Health Library, (ADHL) is a collaborative project involving five African institutions namely Bamako University of Science and Technology, Kenya Methodist University, Universities of Ibadan, Nairobi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The University of Ibadan Nigeri...

The African digital health library and digitization of health information in Zambia: process, challenges and achievements

The rapid growth of Internet and increasing interest in its usage has led to an acceleration of digitisation of printed documents and making available born digital documents online. Zambia’s research output is primarily in print and not much is disseminated globally. It is against this background that ...

Research into practice: the path to development of an African network of knowledge brokers among health librarians

The knowledge broker role is an opportunity for librarians to support health care workers’ by inserting knowledge into the nurse’s frontline clinical practice. Conception of an African network of knowledge brokers arose out of a knowledge broker project for health care worker...

Public Library Services to HIV/AIDS Clients in Anambra State, Nigeria

This study investigated Public Library Services to HIV/AIDS Clients in Anambra State, Nigeria. The study was carried out using a descriptive survey design with two research questions and two hypotheses. The population of this study comprised of 5,385 adult male and female HIV/AIDS Clients r...

Health librarians making a difference in a health care setting: the Chitambo emergency care communications project

Health librarians in the role of a knowledge broker can encourage health care workers to use evidence based health information. The knowledge broker role is an intervention dedicated to translating knowledge into action originating from the evidence-based medicine campaig...

The Impact of MLA-NG Conference Attendance on Medical Librarians in Nigeria

Journal of Health Information and Librarianship; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018) (1), 2018
This study investigated the impact of the Medical Library Association of Nigeria (MLA-NG) conference attendance on medical librarians in Nigeria. The study employed survey design method and questionnaire was used for the data collection. The data obtained were analyzed using tables, frequency...

The impact of MLA-NG conference attendance on medical librarians in Nigeria

This study investigated the impact of the Medical Library Association of Nigeria (MLA-NG) conference attendance on medical librarians in Nigeria. The study employed survey design method and questionnaire was used for the data collection. The data obtained were analyzed using tables, frequency...

Creating value-based medical library services through competitive intelligence

Competitive Intelligence is a management tool that enables top executives make smart, successful and strategic decisions thereby minimizing risk, avoiding being short-sighted, and getting it right the first time. The paper is a review on how the medical library can employ competitive intelligen...