A WORKSHOP ON OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES AND REFERENCE MANAGEMENT FOR MUHAS ACADEMIC STAFF ON 17TH JANUARY 2014

Once again, the Directorate of Library Services will organize a one day workshop on Open access repositories and electronic Reference Management. 

Venue: MUHAS Library, ICT Lab, Second floor 

Date: 17^th January, 2014 

Time: 10 am to 3.30 pm

Programme of the training

• Enhancing research output sharing through open access
• Gold road, Green road, Open educational resources, Open data
• Practical hands-on practice with free ant-plagiarism software
• Copyright and licensing publishers policies: Practical hands-on practice with Sherpa/Romeo database and Creative of Commons licences
• MUHAS IR: practical hands-on practice on content uploading and searching
• Online reference and citation management by using Mendeley software: cite while you write

 

25 participants will be accepted for the workshop. Therefore, earlier registration for the workshop is encouraged

Deadline for application: Kindly submit your details to the undersigned by close of Monday 13^th January 2014 business. Charles Marwa, Tel: 0713422199 and/or Kesia Rad - 0752044896,

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

 

A WORKSHOP ON WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGY. WEDNESDAY, 18TH DEC. 2013

TARGET GROUP:  ALL POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

TIME: 02:00 – 05:00PM

DATE: 18^TH DEC., 2013

VENUE: MUHAS LIBRARY ICT LAB. 2^ND FLOOR.

You can register your name at the Special reserve, room no. 14

OR Secretary’s office room no. 7.  Library building ground floor.

For Details Contact:                       Charles Marwa, Mobile: 0713422199 Email: librarymuhas@gmail.com

Semeni Mshana,   Mobile: 0765 399 760 or 0717 722 168

Note: You’re advised to create a Gmail account

MUHAS BioMed Central Foundation Membership

MUHAS has become a members of the Biomed Central Foundation.

Biomed Central Foundation Membership enables institutions to achieve the most widespread dissemination of the research published by their scientists. Researchers and faculty are entitled to submit an unlimited number of research papers to any Biomed Central journal.

As a Foundation Member, the article processing charge (APC) for MUHAS is automatically waived, and you will receive free access to all Biomed Central subscription products available here:

1. Alzheimers Research & Therapy http://alzres.com/
2. Arthritis Research & Therapy  http://arthritis-research.com
3. Breast Cancer Research  http://breast-cancer-research.com
4. Critical Care  http://ccforum.com
5. Stem Cell Research & Therapy http://stemcellres.com/
6. Genome Medicine http://genomemedicine.com/
7. Genome Biology  http://genomebiology.com
8. Biology Image Library http://www.biologyimagelibrary.com/

Click here to access the page of MUHAS - Biomed Central Foundation membership page

On this page, you will be able view work published with Biomed Central,
Chemistry Central and SpringerOpen by researchers at Muhimbili University

INASP professional development grants 2013-14

INASP offering up to 8 small grants, up to the value of $2000 to support new and emerging library and information leaders, based in institutions which are members of library consortia or equal national body supported by INASP.

Grants may be used to support travel to present at and participate in professional conferences, to undertake study or learning visits to other institutions, to support other forms of learning and skills development at home, or any other activity which would clearly enable the professional development of the applicant.

Applicants should download and complete the INASP application form, or apply online through the Survey Monkey. The deadline for applications is 14 February 2014.

For further information and how to apply please see the Supporting the next generation of library leaders.

Workshop announcement

A WORKSHOP ON REFERENCE MANAGEMENT AND CITATION

ON WEDNESDAY, 11^TH DEC. 2013.

TARGET GROUP:  ALL POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

TIME: 02:00 – 05:00PM

DATE: 11^TH DEC., 2013

VENUE: MUHAS LIBRARY ICT LAB. 2^ND FLOOR.

You can register your name at the Special reserve, room no. 14

OR Secretary’s office room no. 7.  Library building ground floor.

For Details Contact:                 Charles Marwa, Mobile: 0713422199 Email: librarymuhas@gmail.com

Semeni Mshana,    Mobile: 0765 399 760 or 0717 722 168

Note: Bring your laptop during the workshop.

ALCTS 2014 Online Course Grant for Library Professionals from Developing Countries

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association, is now accepting grant applications for the ALCTS online Fundamentals courses, for course sections beginning between February 24 and August 18, 2014 One free seat per section is available to librarians and information professionals from developing countries.

For full information about the grant, including criteria and a link to the application form, please see:http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/grants/onlinegrant. Applications may be submitted between November 26 and December 30, 2013.