International trends in health science librarianship part 15: West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal).
This is the 15th in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship in the 21st century. It is the third of four articles pertaining to different regions in the African continent. The present issue focuses on countries in West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal). The next feature column will investigate trends in North Africa. JM.
College of Health Sciences, College Library, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. sbayugo@chs.ug.edu.gh.
Solomon Bayugo
SB
Sulemani
Health Information Systems, Massachusetts Research and Information Bureau, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. eben.afari@gmail.com.
Ebenezer
E
Afarikumah
College of Health Sciences, College Library, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. sbaggrey@chs.ug.edu.gh.
Samuel Bentil
SB
Aggrey
E. Latunde Odeku Medical Library, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. gajuwon@comui.edu.ng.
Grace A
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Ajuwon
Office of the WHO, Dakar, Senegal. dialloo@who.int.
Ousmane
O
Diallo
D000354:Africa, Western; D006801:Humans; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D007998:Library Science / Q000639:trends*
Africa; West; case studies; health sciences; librarianship; library and information professionals; national strategies