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A librarian in Myanmar is modernizing the way of delivering literature to students, a physiotherapist in Ethiopia is finding better ways to treat his patients and a researcher in Zimbabwe is tackling the burden of diabetes. These are just some of the many stories we hear from Research4Life user. Read more below on this page, and discover other stories from the community.

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New nonprofit launched to support Research4Life

Friends of Research4Life, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States, was launched to support the critical mission of Research4Life to enable full participation in the global information environment. Organizations and individuals can now make contributions that directly benefit Research4Life programs.

AGORA Online Course was held between 23 October – 5 November 2017: Follow-up

(Image source: Open Educational Resources: Global Report 2017, CommonWealth of Learning, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License) AGORA Online Course entitled “Fundamentals of Information Literacy and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture” was held between 23 October- 5 November

Call for applications 2018 MLA Librarians without Borders®/ Elsevier Foundation/ Research4Life Grants

Tags: SDG10 Reduced Inequalities

The Medical Library Association (MLA) has announced the Hinari/Research4Life (R4L) Grants for 2018. Funded by the Elsevier Foundation, up to five awards, will support Hinari/R4L training activities that promote the use of the programs’ scientific research resources in emerging/low income

Call for applications: Hinari Online Users Course

Tags: SDG3 Good Health

A new Hinari Users course will be available for free to users in registered institutions. The two-week distance learning course focuses on the basic skills needed to effectively access and download full-text material from Hinari. You will also learn how

Advocacy for Information Literacy and Access to Academic Resources in Uganda

Tags: SDG4 Quality Education

Mary Acanit is an Assistant Librarian at Kyambogo University Library Services in Kampala, Uganda. She is currently finishing her master’s degree in information science at Makerere University. She is one of two winners of the Research4Life/INASP Advocacy Competition Mary Acanit

Publisher of the Month: The Electrochemical Society (ECS)

ECS’s partnership with Research4Life currently provides institutions in over 120 countries around the world free accessibility to all of the content available in the ECS Digital Library, comprising a total of over 132,000 articles and abstracts. Our highlighted publisher this

Research4Life Partners Newsletter October 2017

Table of Contents Note from the Editors Research4Life Partners Meeting Highlights GOALI presentation and future launch 2018 Information in Action: Celebrating Research Advocacy Champions New Authentication system Capacity Development Team Highlights Elsevier adds Clinicalkey to Research4life Librarians Without Borders Stories

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