FRANCIS AND TAYLOR JOURNALS

NO Article Processing Charges for authors for Taylor & Francis Open Access Journals

This is good news for researchers at MUHAS

EIFL has signed a new agreement with Taylor & Francis which guarantees NO Article Processing Charges for authors in your countries when publishing an article in a Taylor & Francis Open Access Journal.

You can find more information on these pages:

http://www.eifl.net/news/taylor-francis-reduces-apcs-eifl-countries-when-publishing-open-access-journal

http://www.eifl.net/e-resources/taylor-francis-apcs-open-access-journals

http://www.eifl.net/e-resources-private/taylor-francis-open-access-journals-apc-charges (login required)

Here is the list of journals:

S/No	Title of Journal
1	Marine and Coastal Fisheries
2	Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
3	Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews
4	Journal of Biological Dynamics
5	Journal of Organic Semiconductors
6	International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials
7	Systems Science & Control Engineering
8	Development Studies Research
9	Quantitative Finance Letters
10	Urban, Planning and Transport Research: an open access journal
11	Complex Metals
12	Materials Research Letters
13	Production & Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal
14	Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa
15	Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
16	South African Family Practice
17	Southern African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
18	Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
19	International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
20	Baltic Journal of Economics
21	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja
22	Open Review of Educational Research
23	Regional Studies, Regional Science
24	International Biomechanics
25	Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment
26	Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics
27	CyTA - Journal of Food
28	Journal of International Council on Electrical Engineering
29	Journal of Plant Interactions
30	Mycology
31	Energy Technology and Policy: An Open Access Journal
32	Statistics and Public Policy
33	Acta Biomaterialia Odontologica Scandinavia
34	Case Reports in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
35	Computer Aided Surgery
36	Journal of Drug Assessment
37	Journal of Human Transcriptome
38	Acta Orthopaedica
39	Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
40	Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
41	Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters
42	Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability
43	Letters in Biomathematics
44	London Journal of Primary Care
45	Global Health Communication
46	Journal of Applied Animal Research
47	Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
48	Advances in Physics: X
49	Astronomical Review
50	Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports
51	Higher Education Pedagogies
52	Cogent Arts & Humanities
53	Cogent Biology
54	Cogent Business & Management
55	Cogent Chemistry
56	Cogent Economics & Finance
57	Cogent Education
58	Cogent Engineering
59	Cogent Environmental Science
60	Cogent Food & Agriculture
61	Cogent Geoscience
62	Cogent Mathematics
63	Cogent Medicine
64	Cogent Physics
65	Cogent Psychology
66	Cogent Social Sciences

WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING KOHA SOFTWARE :14th- 16th DECEMBER 2015

WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING KOHA SOFTWARE

DATE:14^th- 16^th DECEMBER 2015

Venue: MUHAS Library

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The three days workshop will equip participants with advanced knowledge and technical skills on KOHA the most advanced and cost effective open source library automation solution. The workshop will introduce participants to the KOHA basic features, functionalities and setting up of KOHA integrated library management system.

COURSE CONTENTS:

Specifically the workshop will cover the following topics:

·         KOHA Introduction & features Overview

·         Installation of KOHA on windows or Linux operating systems

·         Introduction and configuration of KOHA software

·         Demonstration of all modules like:

ü  Acquisitions

ü  Cataloguing

ü  Circulation & OPAC

ü  Introduction to MARC- 21

ü  Multilingual Support KOHA

ü  MARC Records

ü  Import features in KOHA etc

TARGET GROUP:

Professionals involved in information management, ICT management, librarians, information scientists, and any other professionals working with cutting edge technologies.

WORKSHOP DATES AND VENUE:

The workshop will be conducted from Monday 14^th to Wednesday 16^th December 2015 (3 days) at Muhimbili University Library ICT LAB

WORKSHOP FEE:

The workshop fee is TZS 350,000/= per each participant covering the course fee, stationeries, refreshments and certificates. Participants are requested to arrange transport and accommodation at their own cost.

FACILITATORS:

The course will be facilitated by experienced subject and educational specialists from Muhimbili University Library.

PAYMENT MODE:

Payment is due before start of workshop. Payment can be made through the institutional bank account at any National Microfinance Bank (NMB) branch. Account Number: 2091100002, and Account Name: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Confirm your participation and payment by 12^th December 2015.

CONTACTS:

For further information regarding the course (workshop) details (registration, course content and fee) please contact the following:

1.      Mr. Bernard Ernest Sengo

P.O. Box 65001, Dar es Salaam

Cellular: 0713647830, 0753559063

Email: library@muhas.ac.tz or librarymuhas@gmail.com

2.      Mr. Mariam Hashim

P.O. Box 65001, Dar es Salaam

Cellular: 0653596815.

Email: library@muhas.ac.tz or librarymuhas@gmail.com

The AURA Programme Consortium and WHO HIFA-Fr are pleased to announce:  RESEARCHERS OF THE FUTURE:  21ST CENTURY APPROACHES FOR EFFECTIVE, GLOBAL RESEARCH  An online learning event and facilitated discussion which will take place over three days:  From 12.00/Midday to 15.00 GMT Monday 2nd to Wednesday 4th November, 2015 Sponsored by the UK Government’s Department for International Development.

Overarching Theme: 
Researchers of the Future:  21^st Century approaches for effective, global research.

This three day event will explore the following key topics:

• Topic 1. How has research shifted in practice? Experiences from the field from WHO and other institutions and individuals working in a global research context.
• Topic 2. What does an increased emphasis on holistic approaches mean for research?  Exploring the issues, challenges and successes associated with these approaches.
• Topic 3. How would a shift in research practice, applied in the social and digital environment, impact on the capabilities ofresearchers in the future?  Applying holistic and analytical approaches, or mixed methodologies, in a digital age

This event is sponsored by the UK Government’s Department for International Development.

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 Event Schedule and Format:

This event will take place over three days from Monday 2^nd to Wednesday 4^th November, 2015.  It will be hosted on the WHO HIFA-Frplatform.  The online discussion will be simultaneously translated into:  English, French and Portuguese.

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 Each day will take the following format:
From 12.00/Midday to 15.00 GMT
Part 1: Panel Discussion: (facilitated by an international panel of experts):  this will be livestreamed so that participants can watch the discussion and contribute their thoughts via the platform.
Part 2: Side Discussion:  There will be a reflective session/discussion of the research topic. This will be overseen by international panellists who will respond to participant questions or comments.  Participants can contribute to the side discussion asynchronously or synchronously.

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 Target Audience:

This online learning event is free to join and will bring together academics and researchers, from a wide range of disciplines, who are interested in refining their understanding of, holistic and integrated approaches to research in a global context or who are already using theseapproaches in their work.

This event is aimed at: academics, researchers, policy makers, and knowledge professionals, who are conducting, or using research, to inform policy or practice in order to solve socio-economic problems in society at local, national, regional or international levels.
It will be of particular interest to those who would like explore:
The range of research approaches adopted by experts in different fields

• How to apply approaches adopted by a range of sectors (beyond health) to their specific discipline
• The importance of adopting a holistic and integrated approach to solving societal problems
• The benefits of mixing methods, approaches, and disciplines
• The experiences of experts from different disciplines
• How research approaches have shifted during the 21^st century and the implications this has for future research in a global context.

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 Registration:
There are no registration fees – to join the event, please book your place through our Researchers of the Future Event on EventBrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researchers-of-the-future-21st-century-approaches-for-effective-global-research-tickets-18669511010 and await further details which will be provided to you nearer to the event.
Further information:
The concept note can be found on http://itoca.org/Researchers_Future_Concept%20Note.pdf
OR
Contact Emma Greengrass, AURA Programme Learning Coordinator at the Institute of Development Studies. Email:   aura@ids.ac.uk

MUHAS leads pack in science articles posting

THE Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) leads the pack of its fellow research and academic institutions in Tanzania in the number of articles in the web of science in the last five years, a new study shows.

Presenting the findings of a research on the institutions in Dar es Salaam, Mr Paul Muneja, from the University of Dar es Salaam said MUHAS had 311 articles in the web of science between 2009 and 2014, Sokoine University of Agriculture had 208, KCMC had 138 while the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) had 146.

Mr Muneja presented the findings during a workshop on the policy support for financing, quality and comprehensive analysis of STI Journals and strategies to increase quality and use online publishing technologies.

He said that like other universities in Africa, higher learning institutions in Tanzania are faced by many challenges to meet scholarly communications objectives. He said that the challenges related to publishers were institutional, related to publishers, high rejection rate, delay in getting feedback from publishers and article processing charges, which can go to a tune of 3,000 USD per article.

He urged that to beat some of those challenges, it was important to internationalise local journals. He pointed out that there were also institutional challenges which include lack of internal support, and mentoring, lacking publishing policy.

Presenting her findings on open access, as an option for researchers to publish, Prof Tandi Luoga from MUHAS said that over 50 per cent of medical institutions in Africa have no journal subscription, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). Prof Luoga noted that Africa’s total number of publications accounted to 2.1 per cent of total world publication while Europe and North America accounted to 40 per cent and 23 per cent respectively.

In her study, she found that 93.5 per cent of researchers in eight universities are not familiar with specific open access opportunities.

But she added that in their responses, over 80 per cent of the researchers were positive about the benefits of open access. She proposed that universities and research institutions should advocate for open access policies and also establish institutional repositories.

Addressing the gathering earlier, the President of Tanzania Academy of Sciences (TAAS), Prof Esther Mwaikambo, said the participants was supposed to come up with a forum for pushing, building capacity, financing and quality international level production of Tanzania’s STI journals and increase quality papers.

The main participants were policy makers, people from universities, publishers, private sector, research organisations, academy fellows and beneficiaries of strategies to increase quality and use online of Tanzania Science Technology and Innovation (STI) journals. They discussed and raised understanding on considerations of financing, quality production and comprehensive analysis.

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