Call
for scholarship applications to attend NAML/AHILA Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya,
March 2020
Introduction
The
Network of African Medical Librarians (NAML) in collaboration with the
Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA), is pleased
to announce the availability of an NAML-AHILA Scholarship to enable librarians
in H3Africa institutions to attend a skills development workshop titled
‘Information Skills Across the Research Lifecycle’ scheduled to take place
13-16 March, 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The
workshop, along with travel and lodging for participants is being sponsored by
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) H3Africa Common Fund and organized by
the U.S National Library of Medicine (NLM)
1.
Objectives of the Program
The objectives of the
skills acquisition and mentorship program are to:
· plan a Continuous
Professional Development (CPD) training workshop for the librarian’s/health
information professionals in H3Africa institutions;
· empower librarian’s
/health information professionals from H3Africa institutions with skills to
support researchers and educators through health information management and
provision;
· enhance the capacity of librarians’ in
H3Africa institutions to locate, retrieve and use health information to support
their work.
· mentor junior
librarian’s/health information professionals in H3Africa institutions.
With these objectives
in mind, the NAML - AHILA Executive Board will welcome applications from
librarians’ / information professionals from H3Africa institutions. Applicants for the scholarship are required
to observe all of the conditions, and any application that is not in compliance
will not be assessed.
2.
Workshop description /Contents
The workshop will equip
participants with skills in the following thematic areas:
1. Creating and managing research portfolios
2. Navigate the scientific publishing
landscape
3. Big data analytics
4. Introduction to literature searching for
systematic reviews
5. Bibliometrics
6. Citation and reference management
7. Advance literature searching and search
strategies
3.
Audience:
Eligible participants
for this workshop are junior and middle level librarians in H3Africa
institutions across the continent (Africa).
4.
Eligibility Criteria
• Applicants for scholarship for the
NAML-AHILA workshop must be currently working in a medical/health sciences library
in an H3Africa institution.
• Application must be made only on the
official application form
• Applicants must comply with all
requirements regarding length of application as stated in the application form.
All applications will be considered in
confidence, judged on their own merits of the case submitted by the applicant.
The following criteria would be used in assessing each application received:
• The number of years the applicant has
been working as a health information professional in a health sciences /
medical library
• How does the applicant expect to
benefit from attending the workshop?
• How does the applicant intend to
utilize the skill acquired at the workshop?
5.
Terms of acceptance by the scholarship winner:
• The NAML-AHILA
Executive reserve the right to carry out checks as necessary on the identity
and status of applicants.
• Applicants will be
responsible for satisfying any visa requirements stipulated by the country where the workshop will be hosted (Kenya).
• Applicants will
provide evidence of necessary travel documents and arrangements at least
thee-four weeks before the event.
• Successful applicants
will be required to provide a written report of their experience in attending
the workshop as a scholarship winner.
Applications must be
made using the online application form below
https://ee.humanitarianresponse.info/x/#TwqiY7zk
which can be better accessed using Mozilla Firefox or Chrome browser.
Applications must be
submitted not later than the closing
date of 28 January 2020.
Successful applicants
will be notified not later than February 2, 2020.
For more information
about the scholarship and for queries about the process of application, kindly
contact: Dr Grace Ajuwon, agajuwon@gmail.com and Dr. Alison Kinengyere alison.kine@gmail.com
