Dear all
Open access is the future. It’s most frustrating to see journals that are closed (reading the article behind pay-wall). This has been an example of these journals. Free peer review has to be provided only to open access journals. Journals cannot continue to abuse scientists by per reviewing their articles free of charge and at the same time they do charge others. By the way the full article can be accessed (pdf copy) if a person knows somebody that works in an institution that have subscription to the journal. The publishers of such journals have to understand that members of HIFA don’t have commercial interest.
With kind regards.
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, PhD, IAHSI
HIFA Profile: Najeeb Al-Shorbaji recently retired from the World Health Organization (WHO), where he has worked since 1988 in different capacities. He was most recently Director of the Knowledge, Ethics and Research Department at WHO headquarters, Geneva. Previously he was Coordinator for Knowledge Management and Sharing in EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), Egypt. He is a member of a number of national and international professional societies and associations specialised in information management and health informatics. He has authored over 100 research papers and articles presented in various conferences and published in professional journals. He is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA Working Group on Multilingualism. http://www.hifa.org/support/members/najeeb http://www.hifa.org/projects/multilingualism Email: shorbajin AT gmail.com
From: Joseph Ana, Nigeria
Sent: 19 April 2023 09:36
To: HIFA - Healthcare Information For All
Subject: [hifa] Information Development: Information needs of physicians during clinical decision-making: A qualitative study (2)
Neil thanks for sharing.
It is interesting that the authors conclude that, '---- therefore, the results of the present study can help medical libraries to improve their collection of resources and services to support the information needs of physicians and residents. It also paves the way for designers of information systems increating systems that suit the needs of physicians in every stage of clinical decision-making and helps libraries in solving the challenges of finding information for physicians'. But how can the study help medical libraries (majority of which are in poor LLMICs), when it is not Open Access? The first step to helping Libraries to collect information for access to the majority of academic and health communities is making information affordable through Open Access. Remove the pay-wall and every reader, everywhere will get it and may benefit from the result of the study. [*see note below]
Joseph Ana
Prof Joseph Ana Lead Senior Fellow/ medicalconsultant. Center for Clinical Governance Research & Patient Safety (ACCGR&PS) @ HRI GLOBAL P: +234 (0) 8063600642 E: info@hri-global.org 8 Amaku Street, State Housing, Calabar,Nigeria. www.hri-global.org
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