Information Capture and Knowledge Sharing Systems in the Field of Library and Information Science: The Case of MEDLIB-L in Medicine

Cañavate, António Muñoz; Fernández-Falero, M. Rosario; Hurtado-Guapo, María Antonia

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“…MEDLIB, a community for medical librarians established in 1991, continues to use a listserv platform and was rated higher than other social media by members (Muñoz‐Cañavate, Fernández‐Falero, & Hurtado‐Guapo, ). The ongoing relevance of the platform is also seen in the continuing use of the RedIRIS communities by Spanish HCPs (Muñoz‐Cañavate, Fernández‐Falero, & Hurtado‐Guapo, ), the health literacy discussion list (HLDL; Kurtz‐Rossi et al, ) and the “Implementation and Optimization Forum” created in 2012 by American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).…”

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Intensive care nurses on social media: An exploration of knowledge exchange on an intensive care virtual community of practice

Rolls

Hansen

Jackson

et al. 2020

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives To explore the nature of knowledge exchange on a multi‐disciplinary Australasian intensive care virtual community of practice, “ICUConnect.” Background Current organisational structures and cultures constrain the social networks of healthcare professionals, limiting access to contemporary best practice knowledge. While virtual communities can facilitate knowledge and clinical expertise exchange in professional networks, their effectiveness has not been established. Design A sequential mixed‐methods design with a quantitative core and qualitative supplementary component was used to explore the content of discussions from an intensive care virtual community. SRQR has been used to report this study. Methods Email archives of an intensive care listserv (2003–2013) were mined using a two‐stage sampling technique to identify discussion threads (with >2 posts) concerning ventilator or airway practices (cluster) and two sets of 20 threads (stratified across years). Summative content analysis was used to examine both manifest and latent content. Results Forty threads containing 326 emails posted by 133 individuals from 80 organisations were analysed. Nurses contributed 68% (55% were in clinical leadership roles) and physicians 27%. Three subject areas were identified: clinical practices (71%); equipment (23%); and clinical governance (6%). “Knowledge‐requested” and “knowledge‐supplied” posts were categorised as follows: experiential and explicit (33% and 16%, respectively); experiential (27% and 35%); or explicit (40% and 17%). Knowledge supplied was also categorised as “know‐how” (20%); “know‐why” (5%) or “no knowledge” exchanged (6%). The central construct of virtual community work was identified with six elements that facilitated participation and knowledge exchange including: (a) the discussion thread; (b) sharing of artefacts; (c) community; (d) cordiality; (e) maven work; and (f) promotion of the VC. Members asked questions to benchmark their practice, while those who answered were focused on ensuring that best practices were delivered. Conclusions ICUConnect reflected characteristics of a virtual community of practice, enabling key benefits for members and the broader Australasian intensive care community, especially access to best practice knowledge from clinical experts. Relevance to clinical practice This study demonstrated that a practice‐based VC can function effectively as a VCoP to establish an effective professional network where members have access to up‐to‐date best practice knowledge. Healthcare organisations could leverage VCs to support the professional development of HCPs and ensure that local clinical practices are based on contemporaneous knowledge. Participation by nurses in these communities facilitates individual professional development and access to important clinical knowledge and expertise, and ultimately reinforcing the unique position of nursing in delivering effective, consistent high‐quality patient care.

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Intensive care nurses on social media: An exploration of knowledge exchange on an intensive care virtual community of practice

Rolls

Hansen

Jackson

et al. 2020

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…Although user needs drive individuals to experiment with social media, the perceived innovation characteristics of that media will influence final adoption decisions [77,81]. The ongoing relevance and viability of listservs can be seen its continued use by MEDLIB (a VC established in 1991) [82], the REDIRIS communities by Spanish HCPs and the health literacy discussion list [83].…”

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Why Health Care Professionals Belong to an Intensive Care Virtual Community: Qualitative Study

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BackgroundClinical practice variation that results in poor patient outcomes remains a pressing problem for health care organizations. Some evidence suggests that a key factor may be ineffective internal and professional networks that limit knowledge exchange among health care professionals. Virtual communities have the potential to overcome professional and organizational barriers and facilitate knowledge flow.ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore why health care professionals belong to an exemplar virtual community, ICUConnect. The specific research objectives were to (1) understand why members join a virtual community and remain a member, (2) identify what purpose the virtual community serves in their professional lives, (3) identify how a member uses the virtual community, and (4) identify how members used the knowledge or resources shared on the virtual community.MethodsA qualitative design, underpinned by pragmatism, was used to collect data from 3 asynchronous online focus groups and 4 key informant interviews, with participants allocated to a group based on their posting behaviors during the previous two years—between September 1, 2012, and August 31, 2014: (1) frequent (>5 times), (2) low (≤5 times), and (3) nonposters. A novel approach to focus group moderation, based on the principles of traditional focus groups, and e-moderating was developed. Thematic analysis was undertaken, applying the Diffusion of Innovation theory as the theoretical lens. NCapture (QRS International) was used to extract data from the focus groups, and NVivo was used to manage all data. A research diary and audit trail were maintained.ResultsThere were 27 participants: 7 frequent posters, 13 low posters, and 7 nonposters. All participants displayed an external orientation, with the majority using other social media; however, listservs were perceived to be superior in terms of professional compatibility and complexity. The main theme was as follows: “Intensive care professionals are members of ICUConnect because by being a member of a broader community they have access to credible best-practice knowledge.” The virtual community facilitated access to all professionals caring for the critically ill and was characterized by a positive and collegial online culture. The knowledge found was credible because it was extensive and because the virtual community was moderated and sponsored by a government agency. This enabled members to benchmark and improve their unit practices and keep up to date.ConclusionsThis group of health care professionals made a strategic decision to be members of ICUConnect, as they understood that to provide up-to-date clinical practices, they needed to network with colleagues in other facilities. This demonstrated that a closed specialty-specific virtual community can create a broad heterogeneous professional network, overcoming current ineffective networks that may adversely impact knowledge exchange and creation in local practice settings. To address clinical practice variation, health care organizations can leve...

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“…The advancement in the internet and Web 2.0 technologies have facilitated the academic community with many online platforms like Q&A sites, mailing lists, discussion forums, etc. for disseminating or seeking information (Muñoz-Cañavate et al , 2017; Shukla and Dawngliana, 2018). These platforms can be categorized into two types.…”

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Sentiment analysis of online discussion of LIS professionals using R

Garg

Kanjilal

2022

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Purpose The main focus of the present study was threefold. Firstly, extraction of the data from the Library and Information Science (LIS) Links; secondly, pre-process the data to remove noises on maximum parameters; and lastly, to know the polarity of the discussion posted on LIS Links. Design/methodology/approach The advancement in the internet and Web 2.0 technologies have facilitated the academic community with many online platforms like Q&A sites, mailing lists, discussion forums, etc. for disseminating or seeking information. LIS Links is one such discussion forum commonly used by Indian LIS professionals. The analysis of these discussions can help in knowing the experience of LIS professionals in different aspects. The present study is based on a lexicon-based approach, which works on the bag of word model. The open source environment R and its different packages were used for the analysis. Findings The analysis shows that the majority of the posts on LIS Links were discussed with positive sentiments. There were only very few words of negative sentiments on the discussion forum of LIS Links. Originality/value The above review of the literature shows that there have been many studies in different domains. The user responses on different platforms were explored. Also, some studies have conducted sentiment analysis in LIS. However, this was limited to content posted by the libraries or the reviews of books. No research was found in the published literature on the analysis of the opinion of LIS professional.

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Information Capture and Knowledge Sharing Systems in the Field of Library and Information Science: The Case of MEDLIB-L in Medicine

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Intensive care nurses on social media: An exploration of knowledge exchange on an intensive care virtual community of practice

Intensive care nurses on social media: An exploration of knowledge exchange on an intensive care virtual community of practice

Why Health Care Professionals Belong to an Intensive Care Virtual Community: Qualitative Study

Sentiment analysis of online discussion of LIS professionals using R

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