Browsing by Author "Komolafe-Opadeji, H. O."

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Building a regional HIV/AIDS database: challenges faced by West African specialist physicians and health librarians
(2012) Komolafe-Opadeji, H. O.
The article investigates access and the use of the Internet among specialty doctors in five West African countries. It also looks at what information and communication technologies (ICT) are needed by health librarians to build a human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) database to carry out the West African regional project on HIV/AIDS information management. Two sets of questionnaires were designed: one for specialty doctors to assess their skills and the functionality of their institutional Internet access, the other to determine health librarians' ICT skills. The findings reveal factors such as power outages, irregular and slow Internet connection, nonexistent institutional Internet subscription, or half-day Internet access that resulted in minimal use of Internet by the specialty doctors. The health librarians, though skilled with information management, needed additional ICT training in Web design, electronic classification of resources, and most importantly, database building to function optimally on their project assignment. The findings led to recommendations such as improving Internet access in the West African tertiary institutions/hospitals and continuous ICT training for the health librarians.
Downsizing a pharmacy library collection and meeting the information needs of clinical pharmacists in a Nigerian teaching hospital
(2009-04) Komolafe-Opadeji, H. O.
The creation of Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Ibadan led to the downsizing as well as the relocation of more than 80% of pharmacy books and journals from the medical library to the main campus about 15 km away from the teaching hospital/College of Medicine library, where the books were initially housed. This study revealed the hardship and problems encountered by the clinical pharmacists in the teaching hospital who were using these resources before they were relocated. The pharmacists proffered solutions to some of the problems, especially as the researcher gave them a free hand to suggest four core resources they would appreciate finding in the library. Their suggestions would guide selection of relevant resources for their use by the library. The study also determined that the study group would have gained from using the HINARI database, which the study revealed was the least used of the electronic databases available in the library, whereas the Internet was widely used as source for medical information. Though all the participants in the research claimed to be computer literate, 97% clamored for training by the librarians on information-sourcing skills.
A four-year analysis of manuscripts submitted for publication in West African Journal of Medicine (June 2001 to May 2005)
(2006-09) Ajao, O. G.; Lawoyin, T. O.; Iginla, M. I. A.; Ugwu, B. T.; Komolafe-Opadeji, H. O.
There are various criteria that could be used to rate a tertiary institution. One of these is the productivity of the members of staff which is shown by the research conducted, publications submitted and manuscripts published in indexed journals. Manuscripts submitted and published in one of highly rated indexed journals in our locality were analysed with a view to identifying how the institutions add to knowledge by their contributions. Our findings show that the top-rated institutions in terms of manuscripts published in West Africa Journal of Medicine (WAJM) are University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Univeristy of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), and Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).