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What is Inclusive Engagement

Handbook of Research on Digital Devices for Inclusivity and Engagement in Libraries
The action of involving every individual in an establishment by granting all equal opportunities in the decision-making process towards achieving a common purpose.
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The Use of Social Media by Medical Librarians for Inclusive Engagement in the Management of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria University Teaching Hospitals
Wilson Chukwunedum Ochonogor (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) and Stephen M. Mutula (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9034-7.ch001
Abstract
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have over the years evolved and synthesized to leverage a wide variety of tasks in all fields of human endeavor including library services. This rapid transformation has not only affected information handling procedures but has equally reshaped approach to the work environment in that librarians attached to medical libraries is required to acquire some knowledge of medicine in order to adequately and efficiently make informed decisions that can positively impact on the general medical practice and specifically the management of HIV/AIDS. The use of ICTs such as social media (SM) has further made the work environment a community pivot, a rallying point, rather than the solitary tedium that has retarded learning, communication, advancement, cooperation, and community support in the past.
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