HINARI/Internet Resources Course at MLA 2009 Conference

Course Title: HINARI/Internet Resource for Health Information Professionals: Training the Trainers.
Date/Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Credit: 4 MLA Contact Hours/No
Registration Fee
Instructor: Lenny Rhine, coordinator - MLA//Librarians without Borders ® ‘E-Library Training Initiative’

HINARI (http://www.who.int/hinari/), a collaborative World Health Organization/Participating Publishers’ project, enables researchers, practitioners and students in low-income countries to gain access to over 6,200 biomedical and health journals. Many MLA institutions have linkages with organizations that are eligible for this program (http://www.who.int/hinari/eligibility/en/).

This workshop will be geared toward MLA 2009 participants with linkages to eligible institutions – to facilitate the training of trainers and ultimately further the use of HINARI and other Internet based resources at the partners’ organizations. Also eligible would be any individuals from HINARI qualified countries who are attending the conference.

The course structure will be approximately 50% lectures and 50% hands on/computer-based activities. It will highlight the key features of HINARI and related training material so that the participants are able to instruct individuals from HINARI eligible institutions. Also reviewed will be potential sources for funding of training activities.

After completion of the course, participants would be able train graduate students from HINARI eligible countries, those visiting their home institutions, or during instructional sessions at the partners’ sites.