|
Finding,
organizing and using health information is an information literacy training
manual written by: Grace Ada
Ajuwon
AbdrahamaneAnne
Thembani Malapela
Christine Wamunyima Kanyengo
Nancy Kamau
Sara Mbaga
Cristina Horta
Agnes Chikonzo The authors
of this manual are members of AHILA as well as Associates/Affiliates of the
National Library of Medicine (NLM). The purpose of the manual is to help
librarians / information professionals, students, researchers, and health care
providers in Africa to find, manage and use health information without reliance
on Wikipedia and Google. It is also a useful tool for librarians who have to
train their users on how to access and manage information.
The manual consists of seven modules. Video clips showing brief presentation of
the modules by the authors are available at the NLM U-Tube channel which is
accessible via the links below: Greetings
from Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) President
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9fViLXmXok
Module 1:
Information Sources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toW3cM86p_I
Module 2: Searching Tools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43zuPe6W8Ec
Module 3: Electronic Information Searching Techniques
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdVKU4bkkpg
Module 4: Intellectual Property Rights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aloKpDWBBps
Module 5: Management of Information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QjZPBDuGi8 Module 6: Evaluation
of Information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjPnm8zFVko Module 7: Scholarly
Communication Skills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDft4TAIBBI The manual
is currently being translated into French and Portuguese languages. The
presentations below have been translated into French and Portuguese languages.
French version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBTjpM4VjPg
Portuguese version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LhG0yRTPUY
The full
manual is now accessible online and you can view it via: http://karibouconnections.net/wordpress/medlibafrica/training_module/index.html
|
