11 January 2007
Elsevier Awards Grant For Training Librarians In Africa Asia And Latin America
The Medical Library Association (MLA) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an $80,000 grant from one of its corporate partners, Elsevier, to train librarians in the African, Asian, and Latin American continents.
This is a joint program co-sponsored by Librarians Without Borders (tm): a global initiative of the Medical Library Association and Elsevier.
The Elsevier grant is earmarked for 2007 HINARI/AGORA/OARE (HOA) related training workshops. The grant will be used to fund 8 on-site workshops,
one distance education course and the development of new training modules. This e-library training initiative will be based upon HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) training materials.
The HINARI program, a collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO) and major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. It is one of the principal projects designed to bridge the health information gap between developing and industrialized countries.
"Local training has proven to increase usage of the research and I am confident that this program in conjunction with MLA will provide better access to HINARI/AGORA/OARE for the researchers and students in developing countries" commented Tony McSean, Elsevier's Director of Library Relations.
MLA established the Librarians Without Borders (tm) program to strengthen its role and commitment to global health information. The Librarians Without Borders (tm) Website, which will feature MLA's international policy, programs, and activities, will debut on MLANET in the coming months.
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