MUHAS LIBRARY

Monday, January 15, 2018

A CALL FOR WORKSHOP ON SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSIS

SUPPORTED BY ITOCA, CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY; MUHAS LIBRARY

MAIN OBJECTIVE

The main objective of this workshop is to equip participants with necessary hands-on skills to conduct systematic review and Meta analysis

DATE AND VENUE

v 5th to 9th FEB. 2018

v MUHAS, Library Computer lab,

v Time: 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

Ø Systematic Reviews process, related methods and protocol development

Ø Identifying databases and sources of grey literature

Ø Tools and resources for accessing the full text of articles

Ø Developing complex and comprehensive search in Pub med

Ø Covidence for managing the systematic review process

Ø Quality assessment, risk of bias and meta-analysis for systematic reviews

ATTENDANCE

Attendance is free for MUHAS staff and students. Participants from outside MUHAS will have to pay Tshs 350,000/= as participation fees.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

v Academic staff of all schools at MUHAS. (Junior faculties are highly encouraged attend)

v MUHAS MSc by research & Doctoral students

FACILITATORS

The workshop will be facilitated by experienced facilitators from

Ø MUHAS,

Ø Information Training and outreach Canter for Africa (ITOCA), South Africa

Ø Carnegie Mellon University, USA and

Ø Cornel University in USA

Please confirm your participation before 3 Feb. 2018

CONTACTS:

For further information and confirmation of your participation please contact the following:

1. Mr. Deodatus Sabas___0713 701019

2. Ms. Mariam Hashim___0653596815

Email: libary@muhas.ac.tz

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

FIRST MUHAS LIBRARY SYMPOSIUM CONDUCTED ON 5TH DECEMBER 2017

The Directorate of Library Service conducted its first symposium on 5^th December 2017 at the 24 room located at library building starting from on 2:00Pm to 4:50pm

The event was mainly meant for all first year students, though continuing students, postgraduate and faculty staffs were also invited to attend the event.

The objectives of this event were to create awareness of e-resources and enhancing usage of e-resources at MUHAS. This lessons were delivered by Dr. Mboni Ruzegea and Mr. Deodatus Sabas through presentation and demonstrations.

Dr. Mboni Ruzegea creating awareness on the E resources and other library Services during the Symposium

Mr. Deodatus M. Sabas demonstrating on how to search for open Access database

MUHAS students actively participating to the Library 1^st Symposium

Thursday, November 30, 2017

2nd MUHAS Convocation 2017

Ms Catherine Chibanda & Ms Agatha Mbawala showcasing the Directorate of Library activities at the 2nd MUHAS Convocation

Ms Catherine giving explanation on Library activities to Participants

Friday, November 24, 2017

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A SYMPOSIUM ON ACCESSIBILITY AND USAGE OF MEDICAL & HEALTH RELATED ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

VENUE: MUHAS LIBRARY 24HRS HALL

DATES: WEDNESDAY 29^TH NOVEMBER 2017

TIME: FROM 02PM-04 PM AFTERNOON.

The Directorate of Library Service is pleased to announce its 1^st symposium on “Accessibility and usage of medical & health related electronic resources” to be held on 29^th of November 2017 at the Library 24hrs Hall.

This 2 hour event will be highlighted by a presentation and demonstration on how to access and use e-resources from the Library Online Access Catalogue (OPAC), the Institutional repository and from the subscribed and open source databases available on the MUHAS library website.

This Symposium is intended for students (both undergraduates and postgraduates) but is also open to those who are interested from the schools and directorates.

For further details please contact

Professor Edda Tandi Lwoga At +255766279686 or email: tandilwoga@gmail.com

Dr. Mboni A. Ruzegea. At +255773137755 or email: mboniruzegea@gmail.com.