Call for Applications Now Open for 2020 Global Access to Research in Health, Food and Agriculture, Environment, Innovation and Law - Research4Life Online Course

Call for applications for the 2nd edition of Research4Life MOOC: Global Access to Research in Health, Food and Agriculture, Environment, Innovation and Law is now open. The course will take place from 20 April to 24 May 2020.

With the objective of supporting existing and future users to learn how to get the most out of the available resources in Research4Life, Research4Life and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are happy to announce the second edition of the Research4Life Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). You may check the stories from the first edition of the course here.

Research4Life is a knowledge platform that provides access to up to 100,000 leading journals and books in the fields of health, agriculture, environment, innovation and law. More than 9,000 institutions in more than 120 low- and middle-income countries with free or low-cost online are benefiting from Research4Life.

Participants of the course will become skilled users of the available resources of the Research4Life programmes (Hinari, AGORA, OARE, ARDI and GOALI) to access and use the platform efficiently. The course will take place from 20 April to 24 May 2020. The call for applications is now open here. 

The target audience for this MOOC is aligned with Research4Life’s eligibility criteria. Eligible institutions include: national universities, professional schools (in medicine, agriculture, pharmacy, public health, socio-legal studies, engineering, etc.), research institutes, teaching hospitals and healthcare centers, government offices, national libraries, agricultural extension centers and local non-governmental organizations. Participants are expected to spend on average six to eight hours per week on lessons and activities, such as contributing to discussion forums and webinars.

The course is free of charge and is offered in English. It will take place between 20 April to 24 May 2020. Call for applications available here.  

Deadline for applications is 7 April. Successful participants will be informed by 9 April 2020.

Librarian Job @Central bank of Nigeria Collaborative Postgraduate Programme (CBN-CPP)

Job Title: Librarian

Locations: Enugu , Ibadan – Oyo & Zaria- Kaduna

Job objective: 

·         Provide a range of library services that meet the learning, information, leisure, and cultural needs of students and to provide teaching staff with appropriate curriculum/teaching support material.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, evaluate, and maintain library strategies and policies in consultation with students and staff that fully reflect the educational aims and objectives of the Centre of Excellence.
• Select, maintain and manage all resources and stock within the library facilities.
• Guide and assist students and teaching staff to make the best use of the library services and facilities within the Centre and host universities.
• Maintain a high level of resource awareness in relation to relevant courses and subject areas and support teaching staff in the effective delivery of the curriculum.
• Liaise with teaching staff to develop a stock selection policy that ensures the provision of relevant resources to cover all areas of the curriculum, and abilities.
• Participate in the planning and development of programmes for information handling skills and literacy within the CoE and contribute actively to the delivery of such programmes.
• Develop and deliver induction training and other training programmes for new and existing users of the library services and facilities.
• Stage displays of materials to highlight current affairs, topical issues and particular aspects or areas of the curriculum.
• Promote library services across the Centres and encourage students and teaching staff to make use of library resources effectively.
• Assist with archiving and displaying information and materials. 
• Ensure that students and staff are familiar with the use of enquiry and circulation features of the library management systems.
• Arrange library resources and materials in a way that promotes effective retrieval, including the systematic indexing, classification and cataloguing of all library resources and materials.
• Disseminate information relating to resources to pupils and teaching staff as appropriate.
• Carry out the routine procedures associated with the ordering, receipt and distribution of materials and the payment of invoices.
• Prepare materials and collections for use, distribution or disposal.
• Carry out routine procedures associated with the request system and inter-library loans.
• Set up and reorganize library facilities as required, including moving and reorganizing stock, materials and resources.
• Design and implement library technologies (library management system, subject/research guide system, electronic resources management) to enhance library services.
• Develop electronic collection for the centre comprising eBooks, e-journals, databases, data and statistical sources to enable users access current scholarly resources remotely.

Skills/Qualifications

• Minimum of a Second-Class Honors Degree in Library Science. A Masters’ degree will be an advantage.
• Possession of NYSC Discharge Certificate
• Work experience - five years minimum

Application Closing Date

12^th March, 2020.

Application Procedure

·         Applicants should upload their letters of application. resume/CV and credentials Via the link above and indicate clearly the positions applied for and preferred location

·         Your letter of application should be in Microsoft Word of PDF and should not exceed 100kb in size

·         Your CV/Resume should be in microsoft word or PDF and should not exceed 100kb in size. Please scan.

·         All your credentials to a single PDF file for upload. The PDF file containing all your credentials not not exceed 2MB.

Kindly avoid multiple submissions as duplicate entries will be disqualified

For further information Please call: 07002255226

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply