DIGITAL REPOSITORIES AND WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES LEARNING OPPORTUNITY (1-4 October 2013)

Date: 1-4 October 2013        

   
Venue: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)

Organized by: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Directorate of Library Services

Course Fee for Tanzanians: 400,000 TShs   

Course Fee for Non-Tanzanians: US$ 350

Overall Course objectives:

This four days workshop, designed for non-technologists, will introduce participants to the terminology and some of the software tools that support development of institutional repositories, optimizing access to content in digital library and repository through multilingual search strategies and Web 2.0 technologies.

 Course Main Topics

1. Introduction to basic digital library, repositories and web 2.0 terminologies

2. Introduction to open source software: work with linux software

3. Work with dspace software to set up a digital repository
4. Multilingual online searches

4. Use web 2.0 tools (RSS feeds and alerts) to feature the contents of a repository

5. Online publishing (micro-blogging and blogging)

Who Should Attend? Professionals involved in information management, institutional management, librarians, lecturers ,project administrators and any other professional who has a use for digital repository in their work.

Training Format: Training over 4 consecutive days, Face to face in a group setting and practical sessions for online cataloguing tools, Attendance on all 4 days is required for certificate of completion

For further information about the workshop  and workshop registration, please contact the following:

Julius Magessa,

Tel: 0784262888, Email: magessaj@yahoo.com.

Kesia Rad

0752044896, Email: kesiarad@yahoo.com, and library@muhas.ac.tz.

Also copy to:

Dr Tandi Lwoga

tlwoga@muhas.ac.tz

New printed book titles at MUHAS Library (2nd September 2013)

NO.	TITLE		AUTHOR		YEAR		COPY
1	Laparoscopic surgery for gynaecologic oncology		Coven, Allan L.		2009		16
2	Cellular and molecular immunology		Abbas, Abul K.		2010		3
3	Clinical ophthalmology a synopsis		Kanski, J. Jack		2009		2
4	Research skills for medical students		Allen, K. Ann		2012		1
5	Let's talk about HIV counselling and testing		Ngo		2012		1
6	REVISION MCQS and EMIS for the mrcpsych		Puri, Basant K.		2011		1
7	Medical - surgical nursing assessment and management of clinical problems		Lewis, Sharon Mantik		2007		1
8	Elementary pharmacology and toxicology		Budhiraja, R.D		2009		1
9	Cancer symptoms and cancer treatment side effects		Kelvin, Frankel Joanne		2010		1
10	Contemporary nursing : issues, trends and management		Cherry, Barbara		2008		1
11	Meaningful use and beyond		Trotter, Fred		2011		1
12	Reviews in orthodontics		Jena, Ashok Kumar		2007		1
13	A nurse's survival guide leadership and management on the ward		Thomas Jenny		2009		1
14	Advanced practice nurse		Bishop. Tina (Editor)		2007		1
15	Global development finance: charting a global recovery		World Bank		2009		1
16	Master medicine clinical anatomy		Monkhouse, Stanley		2007		1
17	Human resource management :text and cases		Aswathappa, K		2010		1
18	100 cases in radiology		Thomas, Robert		2012		1
19	Publishing journal articles		Becker, Licinda		2012		1
20	The labour ward handbook		Edozien, C. Leroy		2011		1
21	Clinical supervision in practice some question, answers and guidelines…		Bishop, Veronica(Editor)		2007		1
22	Publishing without boundaries		Ross, N. Michael		2007		1
23	Nelson Essentials of paediatrics		Kliegman, Robert M.		2011		5
24	Infection control and management of hazardous materials for the dental team		Miller, Chris H.		2010		7
25	Image-guided interventions		Mauro, Matthew A.		2014		2
26	Cornea		Krachmer, J.H.		2005		2
27	Color textbook of histology		Gartner, Leslie P.		2007		1
28	Atlas of breast surgical techniques		Klimberg, V. Suzanne.		2010		1
29	Netter's anatomy coloring book		Hansen, John T.		2010		1
30	Maternal-child nursing		McKinney, Emily Slone.		2009		1
31	Assisted ventilation of the neonate		Goldsmith, Jay P.		2003		1
32	The Johns Hopkins internal medicine board review 2008 -2009 : certification and recertification		Miller, G.Redonda		2008		1
33	Braunwald’s heart disease : a textbook of cardiovascular medicine		Libby, Peter.		2008		1
34	Human anatomy		Mckinley, Michael		2010		3
35	Squire's fundamentals of radiology		Novelline, Robert A.		2004		2
36	Nurse’s quick check. Skills.		Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.		2006		1
37	Glencoe medical terminology : language for health care		Becker, Joanne.		2000		2
38	Essentials of medical language		Allan, David		2010		11
39	Carbon monoxide poisoning		Penney, David G.		2007		5
40	The Human body in health & disease		Thobodeau, G.A.		2010		5
41	The Paramedic		Chapleau, Will		2007		5
42	Saunders comprehensive review for the NLEX-RN examination		Silvestri, Linda Anne		2010		9
43	Handbook of nurse anesthesia		Nagelhout, John J.		2010		3
44	Hinman’s atlas of pediatric urologic surgery		Hinman, Frank		2009		3
45	Clinical lipidology : a companion to Braunwald’s heart disease		Ballantyne, Christie M.		2009		1
46	Meternal, fetal, and physiology:a clinical perspective		Blackburn, Susan T.		2007		1
47	Primer of diagnostic imaging		Weissleder, Ralph		2007		1
48	Atlas of radiologic anatomy		Wicke, Lothar.		2004		2
49	Nelson Introduction for pediatric patients		Pomeranz, Albert J.		2007		1
50	Netter’s concise orthopaedic anatomy		Thompson, Jon C.		2010		1
51	Gray's Anatomy for students		Drake, Richard L.		2005		1
52	Anaesthesia and intensive care A-Z : an encyclopaedia of principles and practice		Yentis, Steven M.		2009		1
53	Palliative practices: An interdisciplinary approach		Kuebler, Kim K.		2005		1
54	Gastroenterology and nutrition : neonatology questions and controversies		Neu, Josef.		2008		1
55	Wounds and lacerations : emergency care and closure		Trott, Alexander.		2005		1
56	Calculate with confidence		Morris , Deborah Gray		2010		1
57	Pulmonary pathology		Zander,Dani S.		2008		1
58	Robbins and cotran atlas of pathology		Klatt, Edward C.		2010		1
59	Introduction to vascular ultrasonography		Zwiebel, William J.		2004		1
60	EEG Pearls		Quigg,Mark		2006		1
61	Imaging		Ter Meulen, Deborah.		2008		1
62	Starting statistics : a short, clear guide		Burdess, Neil.		2010		1
63	Earth as an evolving planetary system		Condie, Kent C.		2011		1
64	Medical terminology made incredibly easy!.		Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.		2009		1
65	A-Z psychology handbook		Cardwell, Mike.		2009		1
66	Key research & study skills in psychology		McGee, Sieglinde.		2010		1
67	Environment and children : passive lessons from the everyday environment		Day, Christopher		2007		1
68	Africa's odious debts : how foreign loans and capital flight bled a continent		Ndikumana, Le'once.		2011		1
69	Clinical biochemistry : an illustrated colour text		Gaw, Allan		2008		1
70	Global shift : mapping the changing contours of the world economy		Dicken, Peter.		2007		1
71	Climate change adaptation and international development : making development cooperation more effective		Fujikura, Ryo		2010		1
72	Chemical engineering design		Towler, Gavin P.		2009		1
73	Essentials of economics		Sloman, John		2007		1
74	Doing a literature review : releasing the social science research imagination		Hart, Chris.		2011		1
75	The companion to development studies		Desai, Vsandana		2008		1
76	Working with people		Callis, Sidney.		2010		1

PARTICIPANTS OF THE EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, MUHAS, TANZANIA (19-21 AUGUST 2013)

The workshop focused on building the capacity of faculty, clinicians, librarians, ICT experts, and other health care professionals to acquire skills in critical appraisal, evidence based medicine, information search, retrieval, and online sharing of information in Tanzania.

The workshop comprised researchers, lecturers, library and information professionals, health care professionals, and graduate students from over 10 institutions involved in medical and health sciences in Tanzania

New printed book titles at the Special Reserve Section - MUHAS Library (13 August 2013)

TITLE	AUTHOR	YEAR	COPY
Rapid review biochemistry	Pelley, John W.	2007	1
Improve your study skills	Walmsley, Bernice	2010	1
troduction to counselling skills : texts & activities	Nelson-Jones, Richard	2005	1
Toxocara : the enigmatic parasite	Holland, C.V.	2006	1
Statistic for people who think they hate statistics	Salkind, J Neil	2008	1
Doing a literature review : realising the social science reserch imagination	Hart, Chris	2005	1
The new universe and the human future: how a shared cosmology cold tranform the world	Abrams, Nancy E.	2011	1
Contemporary human geography	Rubenstein, James M.	2010	1
100 cases in psychiatry	Wright, Barry	2010	1
Clinical neuroanatomy and neuroscience	Fitzgerald, Mj Turlough	2007	1
Pediatric anesthesia : principles & practice	Bissonettte, Bruno	2002	2
Comprehensive review for the NCLEX - RN examination	Boyd, Donna	2008	6
Evidence-based practice of anesthesiology	Flasher, Lee	2009	3
Netter's anatomy coloring book	Hansen, John T.	2010	6
Thoracic imaging : case review series	Boiselle, Phillip M.	2011	5
Emergency medicine	Plantz, Scott H.	2007	5
Medical emergencies in the dental office	Malamed, S.F.	2007	2
Health promotion throughout the lifespan	Edelmon, L.C.	2010	6
Fundamental aspects of anatomy	Sreedevi, P.	2008	5
Anurse's survival guide to mentoring	Elcock, Karen	2011	1
Creative leadership : skills that drive change	Chigwedere, Craig	2007	1
Psychiatry by ten teachers	Dogra, Nisha	2011	1
Brunner & suddarrth's textbook of medical surgical nursing	Smeltzer, Suzanne C.	2010	4
Lippincott's encyclopedia of clinical skills	Allen, Deborah	2009	5
Human anatomy	Mckinley, Michael	2008	5
Clark's ocket handbook for radiographers	Sloane Charles	2010	1
Evaluating research in health and social care	Gomm, Roger	2000	1
Gender and the economic crisis	Pearson, Ruth	2011	1
Self-assessment in medicine and surgery	Horton-Sazr Dan	2009	1
Dementia	Bartle, Caroline	2007	1
The nurse the math,the meds : drugs calculations using dimensional analysis	Mulholland, Joyce M.	2007	5
Wheater's basic pathology : a text,atlas and review of histopathology	Young, Barbara	2011	1
Virtual clinical excursions : Pacific view regional hospital	Cooper, Kim D.	2007	2
Neurology in clinical practice : the neorological disorders	Bradley, Walter G.	2008	2
Principles and practice of burn surgery	Barret, Juan P.	2005	33