Tag Archives: HINARI
Deadline for 2017 MLA/HINARI/Research4Life grants
An Autumn 2016 deadline will be announced shortly for the 2017 grant. Definitely time to start thinking about it now. Advertisements
A new MLA /HINARI/ Research4Life Grant for training activities
In December, the Medical Library Association (MLA) announced the expansion of the Librarians without Borders® (LWB) E-Library Training Initiative. This includes the new MLA HINARI/Research4Life Grant (http://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=949 ) that focuses on training activities for the Research4Life (R4L) programs (www.research4life.org ). … Continue reading
Online Training: Finding, organizing and using health information
Learn or refresh your skills in finding, organizing and using health information. Below are links to various training material including a training manual for students, researchers and health workers in Africa developed by the Network of African Medical Librarians in … Continue reading
Upcoming e-resources workshop to be hosted by the AHILA Tanzania Chapter
AHILA-Tz in collaboration with the Directorate of Library Services at Muhimbili University (MUHAS) and funded by WHO HQ/AFRO will hold a 3 day workshop from 28 to 30 January, 2015. The training workshop aims to strengthen access and use of … Continue reading
New Research4Life Training Material Portal
The new Research4Life training portal has been launched ( see website ). The goal of this resource is to centrally locate the inter-discipline training material and other training related information from all four Research4Life programmes-HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI. The … Continue reading
Phi makes a difference ( and so does HINARI )
In a new book : Making a difference- stories from the field : how access to scientific literature is improving the livelihoods of communities around the world, ed. Richard Gedye and Charlotte Masiello- Riome, Mulugeta Bayisa who practises and teaches … Continue reading
Literature searching for neglected tropical diseases
These have been much in the news in 2011 and 2012 as a serious cause of poverty. There are two databases (not so well known as Medline) which are particularly valuable for researchers and practitioners who are working on parasitic diseases … Continue reading
HINARI training programme – via HINARI
This is available on CD (free), online or as a download. As it is covered by the Creative Commons Licence you can use this as a basis for your own training adding or subtracting material to make it relevant to … Continue reading
Kenya. Training trainers to promote the usage of e-resources
Lecturers, librarians and teaching assistants attended a highly successful National e-resource Training of Trainers workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The 2/3 day course, was sponsored by ITOCA (Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa). In an opening address Dr. Gitau, Head … Continue reading