MUHAS Center for Evidence Synthesis (MCES), A GESI member

We are pleased to announce that the MUHAS Center for Evidence Synthesis (MCES), is now a member of the Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI) Network.

The GESI Consortium is a group of leading organizations in evidence syntheses: Cochrane, Campbell Collaboration, the Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research (AHPSR), the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the EPPI-Center, the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) and the Joanna Birggs Institute (JBI).

Digitization and Digital Preservation Workshop - 3 Aug – 4 Aug 2017

Venue: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es salaam, Tanzania

Date: 3 Aug – 4 Aug  2017 (2 days)

Cost: TSH 250000 / USD120

ITOCA in collaboration with the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences,  is pleased to announce a Digitization and Digital Preservation workshop to be held in Dar es salaam, Tanzania

The aim of the workshop is to increase participants’ knowledge on Digitization of library collections, digitization project management and digital preservation. 

Some of the topics covered will include:

·         Project Management of digitization projects;

·         Importance of file formats;

·         Digitization standards and workflow.

·         Digital preservation considerations;

·         Using digitization tools.

For registration follow the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MXFPXRH

For more information including cost please write to itoca@itoca.org, telephone +27 12 664 1627, 012 664 1836 or Kenya Contact: Ass. Prof. Tandi Lwoga, email  tlwoga@gmail.com  

NB: Please note there are limited spaces available, and REGISTRATION AND CONFIRMATION IS MANDATORY for all participants and should be done at least one week before the workshop

ONGOING WORKSHOP ON MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF INFORMATION SERVICES AND APPLICATION OF WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES

These are the participants are trainers who are attending the ongoing training on marketing of information services and web 2.0 techologies from 28th to 30th June 2017  at MUHAS Library.








The workshop will cover issues on how to use social media to market information services

Systematic review and meta-analysis training

These are the participants who attended the training on systematic review and meta-analysis which was conducted 8th to 12th May 2017 at  at MUHAS Library.

The workshop was conducted by the Directorate of Library Services, School of Public Health and Social Sciences at MUHAS and the Africa Academy of Public Health.




The workshop was conducted for five days.  The participants expect to register their protocols and finally publish their systematic review.

WORKSHOP ON MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF INFORMATION SERVICES, APPLICATION OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

The Directorate of Library Services (DLS) is planning to conduct a workshop on Marketing and Promotion of Information services application of Web 2.0 Tools and other Technologies. This workshop will equip participants with relevant knowledge and skills in promotion and marketing of their information services by using web 2.0 tools and other technologies. The workshop also familiarizes participants with different strategies used currently in Libraries/information centers.

The workshop will be conducted from Tuesday 27^th to Thursday 29^th June, 2017 at MUHAS Library ICT Lab.

The workshop will cover the following:

·         Introduction to marketing & marketing strategies for promoting information services

·          Introduction to web 2.0 technologies and marketing strategies and policies for information centers

·         How to set up web 2.0 tools for marketing information services: social network pages, social book marking, audio/video podcasting, blogs and wiki

·         How to create electronic marketing tools: multimedia files using movie-maker and online photo collections

·         Embed multimedia and photo gallery  to your Blog, and other social media for sharing

·         Use of quick response (QR) code technology as a marketing tool

·         Tools for generating Library Reports for Management feedback: Google Analytics & tracking site visitors and downloads

The fees of the workshop is 350,000/= for three days program to cover the tuition fee, venue and meals (refreshments and lunch) during the day.

The registration fee can be paid in cash on arrival or can be deposited at the following bank details:

Account Name: MUHAS – Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania, Account Number: 20901100002 Bank Name: National Microfinance Bank (NMB), Muhimbili Branch. Reference: (insert participants name and the course name or Invoice Number).

Kindly confirm your participation and payment by Monday 19^th June, 2017 to:-

·         Ms. Agatha Mbawala, Tel 0714-545457 E-mail: librarymuhas@gmail.com

·         Ms. Catherine Chibanda, – Tel 0717-207904 , Email: librarymuhas@gmail.com

Digital Repository and Web 2.0 Technologies Workshop at MUHAS (18-20 April 2017)

 Participants attending a workshop on digital repository and web 2.0 technology at MUHAS from 18th to 20th April 2017.

A total of 23 participants attended the training from various institutions in Tanzania.









The training focused on building knowledge, skills and competencies on:

• Digital repositories: policies, installation and configuration, generation of statistics and content management
• Web 2.0 technologies including use of blogs and google drive to market repository contents, and use of Google analytics.

Short Course on Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (8th to 12th May 2017)

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The School of Public Health and Social Sciences in collaboration with Directorate of Library Services, and Africa Academy of Public Health are planning the first short course in Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis for members of academic staff. The aim of this short course is to provide members of academic staff in MUHAS with necessary hands-on skills to conduct systematic review. 

REQUIREMENTS
This short course targets academic staff of all schools in Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Junior faculties are highly encouraged to apply. Application and attendance is free and is inclusive of lunch but commitment to complete this one-week course is a pre-requisite. To maximize the productivity, participants are encouraged to have research ideas that they wish to work on in groups.

DELIVERABLE
The one-week course will have the selected protocols registered and published in a selected systematic review database (CRD-PROSPERO).
Following registration of the protocols, facilitators will continue to guide the review process by teams through publication of the systematic reviews within agreeable timeline.

 Date: 8th to 12th May 2017
Venue: MUHAS, Directorate of Library Services, Computer Room,
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Please send your application/inquiries to:
 Mariam Hashim: librarymuhas@gmail.com; 0653596815 

Also copy the following:
 Prof. Tandi Lwoga: tlwoga@gmail.com; 0766 279 686 
Dr. Bruno Sunguya: sunguya@gmail.com; 0685 217272
Dr. Mary Mwanyika Sando: mmwanyika.sando@gmail.com; 0713 269063

 Application deadline: Thursday 4th May 2017