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FROM TRADITIONAL TO TECHNO-BASED MEDICAL LIBRARY SERVICES : WHITHER NIGERIAN MEDICAL LIBRARIANS

FROM TRADITIONAL TO TECHNO-BASED MEDICAL LIBRARY SERVICES : WHITHER NIGERIAN MEDICAL LIBRARIANS. Keynote presented during the Medical Library Association of Nigeria(MLA-NG)2011 Conference/ AGM By Dr Chinwe Veronica Anunobi Digital Librarian, Festus Aghagbo Nwako Library

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FROM TRADITIONAL TO TECHNO-BASED MEDICAL LIBRARY SERVICES : WHITHER NIGERIAN MEDICAL LIBRARIANS

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  1. FROM TRADITIONAL TO TECHNO-BASED MEDICAL LIBRARY SERVICES : WHITHER NIGERIAN MEDICAL LIBRARIANS Keynote presented during the Medical Library Association of Nigeria(MLA-NG)2011 Conference/ AGM By Dr Chinwe Veronica Anunobi Digital Librarian, Festus Aghagbo Nwako Library Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka 14-17 November , 2011 @ King David Hotel , Awka ,Anambra State Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  2. REVOLUTION IN MEDICAL LIBRARY SERVICES : CHANGING CONCEPTS Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  3. MEDICAL LIBRARIANS CONCERN !!! • Type of services rendered by Nigerian Medical Librarians. • Are we really among the players or onlookers or worse still indifferent to the above unfoldings ?. • It is necessary to note the various services , what medical librarian should know and do as well as how to do them . • Thus be among the first 11 in the team of the players Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  4. OUTLINE • Traditional Medical services • Techno-Based Medical Services • What Medical Librarians Should know and Do • How to do Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  5. TRADITIONAL SERVICES • Started with the oldest Nigerian Medical Library : Yaba Central Medical Library(Est.1945) then University of Ibadan Medical Library (Est. 1948). • Number as many as there are teaching hospitals and medicine related institutions • Services include: • Circulation • Reference • Bibliographic listings • Referral • Interlending. • Serials • Documents/Archives Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  6. TRADITIONAL SERVICES CONT… Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  7. TRADITIONAL SERVICES CONT… • Services include: • Circulation • Reference • Bibliography listings • Referral • Interlending. • Serials • Documents/Archives Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  8. TECHNO-BASED SERVICES Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  9. AUTOMATED SERVICES Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  10. DIGITAL SERVICES • Started with Indigenous Resources : theses & dissertations, other locally generated resources; • In Nigeria initiated by : AAU using Procite ( Bibliographic only).Then Fulltext using Endnote; • Then deployment of digitization software ( Greenstone, Dspace, Fedora, etc) & often and not always Static websites; • Characteristics : Electronic full text; Ownership & Access emphasized; Fully technology based; High level of ICT skills and limited Traditional library skills; Combination of static and dynamic website; Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  11. LIBRARY 2.0 • Out come of web 2.0: user generated content , highly interactive ; • Application of interactive, collaborative & multi media web-based technologies to web-based library services and collection ; Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  12. LIBRARY 2.0 CONT… • Characteristics • Access to user generated content ( originating from user or through aggregation of already existing contents); • User centered; • Multimedia experience; • Socially rich & communally innovative ; • Optimally dynamic; • Operations & services web-based ; • Operations & services responsibility : Librarian & user; • High level of commitment : real time or a synchronic; • Breaks the wall between Medical Librarian & user; • Uses tools outside the walls of the Medical library; • Profile/ Image Booster; Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  13. LIBRARY 2.0 CONT… Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  14. WHAT MEDICAL LIBRARIANS SHOULD KNOW & DO • KNOW • Library operations and services evolving by the day! • Users focus & needs have changed! CHANGE FROM • Traditional Medical services to Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)/ Evidence Based Health Care (EBHC); • Visiting the library physically to Virtual access ; • Delayed Access to Real Time access ; • Consumer of information resources / services to Contributing for effective services ; • Reading a whole book to Reading relevant parts; • Using information in one format to Use of multimedia ; • Being a detached Medical Librarian to practicing Embedded Medical Librarianship; Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  15. WHAT MEDICAL LIBRARIANS SHOULD KNOW & DO Cont… • DO • Reformation and Complete overhauling of Medical Library services ( Facility & Personnel) • Re-skilling to ensure effective reformation • Computer literacy skills; • Digitization Skills; • Web 2.0 Skills; • REFORMATION TOOLS: TECHNOLOGY • Collaborating Tools; • Contributing to the Web Tools; • Aggregating & Marking Tools; Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  16. REFORMATION TOOLS: TECHNOLOGY Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  17. HOW • Find out what these tools can offer ; • Find their uses in other Medical Libraries ; • Adapt such use to your library ; Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  18. GENERAL USES • For Collections Development; • Public Services: Reference, Current Awareness Services , Selective or Strategic Dissemination of Information; • Marketing of Information services ; • Event Publicity; • Knowledge Sharing ; • Information Literacy program and other library education /Instruction programs ; • News and Newsletters; • Real time Reference services & Alert; • Create database of resources in the Medical library ; • Follow and Assist medical personnel ( Embedded& Evidence Based Librarianship); • Professional development(Communicate research findings, Collaborative research, elearning; Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  19. COLLABORATING TOOLS SOCIAL NETWORKING : The practice of individuals connecting and communicating around a common interest using online tools and social networking sites. • People can share photos, videos, audio files, links to websites of interest; • Facebook, Hi5Networks, Myspace and LinkedIn USES • Marketing Library services; • Broadcasting Events; • Sharing News ; • Posting informative photos, videos ; • Tagging ; • Find Jobs, Employees and Consultants ; • Creating community ( Medical Library Community ) to share with ; • Provide new ways for people to connect and use resources. Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  20. COLLABORATING TOOLS CONT… • Facebook use for Medical Library services Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  21. COLLABORATING TOOLS CONT… • Wiki : a website which can be edited online in your browser : Create pages , assign use right like who can contribute, edit , or simply read. E.g Wikiepedia • Users contribute , interact with content and remain focus USES • Developing content ( Newsletter , Database of FAQs for Medical Services; • Collaborate in Research; • Create faculty publication Database; • Planning Medical Library Events; • Collaborative reference resource collection ; Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  22. COLLABORATING TOOLS CONT…Wiki Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  23. CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEB TOOLS • Tools that make it easy to publish and setup a website with text, video, photo and advanced navigation features. • Become producers of information on the Internet without programming knowledge • Content becomes more accessible and content sources become more diverse • Includes : Blogging (Wordpress, Blogger) & Microblogging ( Twitter);Online Video ( (YouTube)& Image (Flickr )sharing; Podcasting & Online Radio Tools: • Characteristics • No web development skills needed to add content • Effective medium to communicate within and outside Medical Library • Quick and simple to use. • Encourage frequent content addition • Through comments it allows knowledge exchange Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  24. CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEB TOOLS CONT… USES • Develop dynamic Medical Library website and link users to it • Categories users and the content they receive • Information Literacy and other Library Instructions • Real-time Messaging • Provision of Alert to New publication • Providing Repository of EBM • Research support to medical personnel • Provision of How to Do Video • Staff development • Take the entire library services to the user computer Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  25. CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEB TOOLS CONT…Blog Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  26. NAU DIGITAL LIBRARY BLOGYou can follow us on Yahoo mail unizikdiglib@yahoo.com or our blog at http://naudigitallibrary.wordpress.com. Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  27. CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEB TOOLS CONT…Microbloging(Twitter) Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  28. CONTRIBUTING TO THE WEB TOOLS CONT…YOUTUBE Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  29. CONTRIBUTING TO THE INTERNET TOOLS CONT… FLICKR Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  30. AGGREGATION , TAGGING & SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOLS • Method for Internet Users to organise , store , manage & search for bookmarks of resources • AGGREGATION TOOLS • Aggregation tools enable Medical Librarian receive and review information from many sources without visiting individual website individually on a regular basis .Rather Subscribe to content feeds. • Identified as RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary or RDF [Resource Description Framework] Site Summary) • Feed Reader aids aggregation & reading • GoogleReader, Bloglines, Netvibes Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  31. AGGREGATION & TAGGING & SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOLS CONT… FEED READER Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  32. AGGREGATION ,TAGGING & SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOLS CONT… • SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TAGGING TOOLS • Use of web-based sites to store important / relevant sites tag and share with others • You benefit from others stored sites and they benefit from yours • Gave rise to Folksonomy : collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  33. AGGREGATION , TAGGING & SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOLS CONT… USES • Marketing of Library websites &information contained there • Distribution of subscribed sites or other web content • Selection & acquisition of web content • Aggregation of topics & research output for multiple sourcing • Create medical literature awareness system • E referencing • News • Evidence based Librarianship(EBL) • Sharing of resources • Bringing user and Medical Librarian together • Strategic Dissemination of information • Embedded Librarianship Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  34. AGGREGATION & TAGGING & SOCIAL BOOKMARKING TOOLS CONT… DELICIOUS Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  35. CONCLUSION • No Medical Library that worth its name can afford to avoid Library 2.0.! • Read about it! • Use it ! • You will be happy and be at the fore front of Evidence Based Librarianship ! • Sound decision is based on evidence .! • Prove your worth by using Library 2.0! Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

  36. Thank You for Your Time &God Bless!!!! Dr Chinwe: FromTraditional To Techno-Based Medical Library Services

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