International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science
 

International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science

Vol. 3(10), pp. 289–294, October, 2015. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2015.053

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Blogging Medical Information Sources to Users: the Case of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti Medical Library

Adegbilero-Iwari, Idowu¹, Subair, Roselyn E² and Agbetuyi, Priscilla³

¹Systems Librarian/Head E-Library Services, Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria.

²University Librarian, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.

³Medical Librarian, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.

¹*Corresponding author’s E-mail: adegbileroidowu@gmail.com

Accepted 25 November 2015

This paper described how weblog was used to meet the need of users and create access to medical information sources and resources for easy retrieval in Afe Babalola University, Ado – Ekiti Medical library. The ubiquitous Internet continues to increase sources of information to information seekers in this present age as information are lodged in different web platforms ranging from digital libraries, databases, repositories, and lately social media platforms. More often than not, information seekers in their quest for knowledge are limited to popular search engines such as Google, inadvertently short-changing themselves of many other sources that search results may not reveal. Based on this, there was the need to bring our databases and other useful electronic resources together, using a Web 2.0 tool, the weblog was deployed so as to better serve our users and help them gain access to useful information they might have been missing.

Keywords: Blog, Web 2.0, Social Media, Health Information, Medical Library, Nigeria

 

Cite This Article As: Adegbilero-Iwari I, Subair RE, Agbetuyi P (2015). Blogging Medical Information Sources to Users: the Case of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti Medical Library. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 3(10): 289-294.

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