Knowledge sharing practices among African health sciences librarians

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate knowledge sharing practices among health sciences librarians in African countries. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was employed. The study population consisted of African health sciences librarians that attended the 16th Biennial Con...

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Autores principales:	Olalekan Moses Olayemi, Kemi Jummai Olayemi
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Publicado:	University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2021
Materias:	knowledge sharing social exchange theory librarian information ahila Bibliography. Library science. Information resources Z Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fb7d5157cf334c63bb8d1fbaddbdcc282021-11-22T20:41:00ZKnowledge sharing practices among African health sciences librarians1536-50501558-943910.5195/jmla.2021.1183https://doaj.org/article/fb7d5157cf334c63bb8d1fbaddbdcc282021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/1183https://doaj.org/toc/1536-5050https://doaj.org/toc/1558-9439Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate knowledge sharing practices among health sciences librarians in African countries. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was employed. The study population consisted of African health sciences librarians that attended the 16th Biennial Conference of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa on October 14–18, 2019, at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The types of knowledge most commonly shared by respondents were information on conferences, workshops, and seminars as well as information on new trends and technologies in librarianship. The main avenue of knowledge sharing was face-to-face interaction. Unwillingness to share knowledge and a lack of awareness about current trends and issues were the top identified challenges to knowledge sharing. Conclusion: These survey results establish the existence of a low level of knowledge sharing among health science librarians in Africa and suggest that concerted efforts should be made to overcome barriers to knowledge sharing within and across African countries.Olalekan Moses OlayemiKemi Jummai OlayemiUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgharticleknowledge sharingsocial exchange theorylibrarianinformationahilaBibliography. Library science. Information resourcesZMedicineRENJournal of the Medical Library Association, Vol 109, Iss 4 (2021)
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spellingShingle	knowledge sharing social exchange theory librarian information ahila Bibliography. Library science. Information resources Z Medicine R Olalekan Moses Olayemi Kemi Jummai Olayemi Knowledge sharing practices among African health sciences librarians
description	Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate knowledge sharing practices among health sciences librarians in African countries. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was employed. The study population consisted of African health sciences librarians that attended the 16th Biennial Conference of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa on October 14–18, 2019, at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The types of knowledge most commonly shared by respondents were information on conferences, workshops, and seminars as well as information on new trends and technologies in librarianship. The main avenue of knowledge sharing was face-to-face interaction. Unwillingness to share knowledge and a lack of awareness about current trends and issues were the top identified challenges to knowledge sharing. Conclusion: These survey results establish the existence of a low level of knowledge sharing among health science librarians in Africa and suggest that concerted efforts should be made to overcome barriers to knowledge sharing within and across African countries.
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title_short	Knowledge sharing practices among African health sciences librarians
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Knowledge sharing practices among African health sciences librarians

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