Tag Archives: Research

Open Access : One Small Step or a Giant Leap ?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

The UK’s Department for International Development ( DFID ) recently announced the welcome news that all publicly funded development research is to become freely available. As the recent ” Academic Spring ” debate attests, this is good news for most, … Continue reading →

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Berlin 10 Open Access Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

The Conference will be held at the Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) from 7-8 November 2012.  Pre-conference workshops will be held on 6 November.  The theme of the Conference is Networked scholarship in a networked world: … Continue reading →

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Malawi: Launch of national health research agenda

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

This will guide Malawi’s research activities, policymaking and health service delivery over the next five years. It will move research away from being externally driven to focus on locally relevant priorities. “Research priorities identified in the agenda include: communicable diseases, … Continue reading →

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Enhancing Access to Health Information in Africa: research, collaboration and innovation

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

AHILA Net has announced a call for papers for the above theme at the 13th Congress of the Association for Health Information and Libraries to be held from 15-19 October 2012, at the National Assembly, Praia City, Cape Verde. Sub-themes … Continue reading →

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Call for partners – African working group on strengthening access to and use of research information

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

The collective experience of British Library for Development Studies (BLDS), International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and our partners in African research institutions demonstrates that improving access to and use … Continue reading →

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