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Getting involved in international development activities: UK initiatives and hidden benefits

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Jackie Cheeseborough and Shane Godbolt describe the role that UK health information professionals have in global health and in supporting colleagues from developing countries to continue to develop as a provision. They give an overview of a range of organisations working to improve access to health information in developing countries and in particular Sub-Saharan Africa including Book Aid International, HIFA, INASP, ITOCA, Phi, TALC, THET and Research4Life. Even in a recession, many UK health librarians are choosing to get involved in international development activities in low-resource countries by volunteering, and discovering hidden benefits for their own organisations, and their own continuing professional development.

Source: Health Information & Libraries Journal

DOI: 10.1111/hir.12096

Authors: Jackie Cheeseborough, Shane Godbolt, Maria J. Grant

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Administration

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,240

OpenAlex ID: W1964663202

FWCI: 2.688

Cites: 7

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10