Librarianship in the South

Question-answering systems as efficient sources of terminological information : an evaluation

Olvera-Lobo, Marيa-Dolores and Gutiérrez-Artachot, Juncal | cop. 2010
  • Author(s): Olvera-Lobo, Marيa-Dolores and Gutiérrez-Artachot, Juncal
  • Publisher: Chartered institute of library and information professionals (CILIP). Health libraries group (HLG)
  • Pages: 268--276
  • Keywords: health, information services
Question-answering systems may be considered a good, reliable and reasonably precise alternative in alleviating the information overload. QA systems can help professionals and users can obtain healthcare information.

Library development in CAILS

Omopupa, Kamal Tunde | 2004]
  • Author(s): Omopupa, Kamal Tunde
  • Publisher: University of Ilorin
  • Pages: 82--90
  • Keywords: libraries, nigeria
The Library of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) Ilorin, Nigeria, continues to strive hard to satisfy the high information demands of users through its collections and facilities.

The libraries of Nigeria and their role in promoting peace, unity, and rural development

Omopupa, Kamal Tunde | 2003]
  • Author(s): Omopupa, Kamal Tunde
  • Publisher: University of Ilorin
  • Pages: 9--16
  • Keywords: rural development, libraries, nigeria
The library as a repository of knowledge has changed its horizon over the years to become not only a place or building but a thoroughfare through which information can be delivered to people, no matter the location.

Effects of information and communication technology on research and development activities : the FIIRO experience

Onilude, O.O. and Apampa, O.R. | 2010
  • Author(s): Onilude, O.O. and Apampa, O.R.
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska. Lincoln libraries]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: university and college libraries, nigeria
This paper reports on a study which assessed the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on research and development activities at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO).

Conceptualising 'knowledge management' in the context of library and information science using the core/periphery model

Onyancha, O.B. and Ocholla, D.N. | 2009
  • Author(s): Onyancha, O.B. and Ocholla, D.N.
  • Publisher: OpenJournals publishing (OJP)]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: library science
The concept of Knowledge Management is explained to library and information science (LIS) professionals' based on their use of terms, in order to define KM within the context of LIS.
 

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