Browsing Library Services by Subject "ICAHIS proceedings"

Browsing Library Services by Subject "ICAHIS proceedings"

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  • Enhancing access to animal health information; the role of information specialists 
    Simui, Muyoyeta; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    This paper is a product of a larger study conducted between 2002 and 2004 on the state of libraries and use of (ICT) in research and academic libraries in Zambia. It examines the role of information professionals in ...
  • Enhancing the use of electronic resources on a university library's website : herding electronic resources into subject groupings 
    Carrigan, Esther; Sewell, Robin; Wilson, Mary Dabney; Highsmith, Anne L.; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    The integration of five separate websites from the campus libraries at Texas A&M University in 2002 resulted in the creation of a unified listing of all electronic resources, with well over 20,000 entries. This was the ...
  • Evidence-based medicine (EBM); Evidence-based-librarianship (EBL); and all that jazz 
    Myers, Glenda; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    Keynote paper delivered at the 5th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, held 4-7 July 2005 at Onderstepoort, South Africa with the theme Running wild, running free: capturing, harnessing and ...
  • Exploring new information habitats : the information specialist as guide in the e-research environment 
    Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Randall, Elna; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    A strategic focus of the Academic Information Service, University of Pretoria (AIS), is to develop and implement an effective Information Service for research. The university’s mission statement states that it strives to ...
  • Exploring veterinary resources on the World Wide Web 
    Croft, Vicki F.; Conference of African Animal Health Workers (1st : 1995 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 1997)
    World-Wide-Web (WWW) browsers, such as Netscape, Mosaic, and Lynx, have made exploring the Internet easy even for novices. A brief introduction to the terminology and a description of basic commands will be followed by a ...
  • From libraries to knowledge centres : transforming library services for the knowledge age 
    Lawrence, Ruth; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    Over the last couple of decades pressure has intensified on libraries to redesign their services to accommodate changes in resources and opportunities provided by technology. It has been necessary for libraries to accommodate ...
  • Harnessing information resources : collection management at the Veterinary Science Library, University of Pretoria 
    Nel, Marguerite Alice; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    The Veterinary Science Library of the University of Pretoria serves the only veterinary faculty in South Africa. Collection development is therefore not only important for giving optimum support to the Library’s primary ...
  • The health sciences library as partner in case-based learning exercises : the diagnostic challenges at Washington State University 
    McCord, Sarah K.; Croft, Vicki F.; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    The Washington State University Health Sciences Library (HSL) is a specialized academic library at a land-grant public university located in Pullman, WA, USA. This discussion focuses on instruction to students in the WSU ...
  • Herding tacit knowledge : the opportunity for real teamwork to digitise information resources in support of learning, teaching and research at the University of Pretoria 
    Breytenbach, Amelia; Grimbeek, Eleta; Groenewald, M.E.; Harmse, Nico; Smith, Christel; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    The paper will outline the factors leading to and including the establishing of a digitization project at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. The project is a shared endeavour of the Department of ...
  • The Hernquist Library – changing bookshelves, changing roles 
    Akersten, Beata; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    Through the use of maps, pictures and text the following aspects about the Hernquist Library and its products and services will be highlighted: • The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) • The history of ...
  • The history, organization and activities of the Veterinary Medical Libraries section / Medical Library Association of the United States 
    Boyd, Trenton C.; Conference of African Animal Health Workers (1st : 1995 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 1997)
  • How information beats iron or knowledge management enables Strasser hoofcare 
    De Jager, Martha; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    The nailing of iron shoes to horses’ hooves is an established tradition. The discovery that this practice is not in the interest of horses, in fact, that it can be detrimental to their hooves and health in general, was ...
  • ILRI Information Services in support of livestock research in Africa 
    Sinha, P.K.; Conference of African Animal Health Workers (1st : 1995 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 1997)
  • The international scientific visibility : the case of the research in veterinary medicine in Mozambique 
    Zimba, Horácio F.; Mueller, Suzana P.M.; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    A survey was conducted on the scientific visibility of Mozambican researchers in the area of Veterinary Medicine. Visibility is described as having one's papers readily and widely accessible and being cited by others. The ...
  • Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “Giuseppe Caporale” and international cooperation 
    Del Papa, Stefania; Alessandrini, Barbara; Pediconi, Ombretta; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    Since the beginning of 90s, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “Giuseppe Caporale” (IZSA&M) has been supporting scientific and managerial improvement of Veterinary Services in developing countries ...
  • Journal selection/deselection in a veterinary library : strategies used at the Washington State University 
    Croft, Vicki F.; Conference of African Animal Health Workers (1st : 1995 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 1997)
  • A knowledge platform in veterinary public health : the experience of Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise 
    Alessandrini, Barbara; Colangeli, Patrizia; Orientale, Daniela; Del Papa, Stefania; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    Information has today a strategic role and the Web can guarantee its immediate availability. Management science considers opportune and appropriate information, which gives rise to knowledge, one of the most important ...
  • Library management issues, then and now 
    Kok, Victoria T.; Kriz, Harry M.; Fang, Carolyn S.; International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (5th : 2005 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    This paper presents an overview of the shifting issues in library management, from pre to post electronic access to information. Beginning in the 1940s through the 1970s, research libraries were faced with an information ...
  • List of delegates : proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, 4-7 July 2005, Onderstepoort, South Africa 
    Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Croft, Vicki F. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 2007)
    List of delegates to the 5th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists, 4-7 July 2005, Onderstepoort, South Africa with postal addresses and e-mail information
  • List of participants 
    Van der Westhuizen, Erica E.; Conference of African Animal Health Workers (1st : 1995 : Onderstepoort, South Africa); Van der Westhuizen, Erica E. (University of Pretoria, Veterinary Science Library, 1997)