Access to content via Research4Life

Many times we have brought up the importance of using Research4Life to access resources which are behind paywalls. In May 2024 we looked especially at databases and collections within the subject field of Medicine available in Research4Life .

In October 2024 we were planning to have a follow up workshop about access to PubMed content. Unfortunately the workshop had to be cancelled due to the events after the elections in Mozambique.

The workshop presentation (Access to articles) includes some facts and figures showing how many more articles you will access if you search PubMed via Research4Life. It also includes some exercises exemplifying how the way to access the resources will decide the number of articles available for you at UEM and in Mozambique.

The intended participants of the workshop were the librarians at the Central library of UEM who work with e-resources. The presentation, or parts of it, could also be helpful when the UEM librarians reach out to their users.

Resources for PhD students at the Faculty of Medicine : which they are and how to use them

In May 2024 the library at UEM was asked if they could train the PhD students of the Faculty of Medicine. We prepared this training with a workshop for the UEM librarians in Zoom.

During the workshop we used a powerpoint presentation, "Resources for the PhD students at the Faculty of Medicine : Which they are and how to use them"

In addition to this powerpoint we looked at the training materials from Research4Life. We used and referred to their powerpoint "Additional discipline-specific resources : Health sciences". Find this powerpoint at the Librarians hub at Research4Life

Referencing guides

As a librarian supporting the research process, or the learning processes of the students, good academic writing and anti plagiarism guides are very useful. Both BTH and the University of Borås have open guides in English that may be of use for you, if you want to refresh your own knowledge and if you want to share with students discussing these issues.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provides an online Handbook on academic integrity including different aspects of academic writing.

Click on the pictures to come to the respective gudes. 

University of Borås Anti-Plagiarism Guide

Blekinge Institute of Technology Writing Guide

The above guides have been developed together with university partners: Jönköping University, Umeå University, Linnaeus University and Kristianstad University.

Students in Sweden, part two

We were happy to meet with the students and the library director here at Blekinge Institute of Technology for two days.
Backward planning, Open educational resources and Search techniques were on the agenda. And a lot of time taking pictures in the snow, which finally came towards the end of the visit to Sweden.

The students on the pictures are Acuceno Chicolena, Abnadia Raul, Amarilda Chissano, Rui Antonio, Irzelinda Mussa and Lazifa Mahuae.

Workshop : Information literacy, UEM library June 5th-7th

This week we are exploring the concept of information literacy. The content of the workshop is:

• A general introduction to information literacy
• Exploration of which types of resources UEM has access to, subscribed as well as free
• Understanding the role of librarians teaching information literacy

Some documents which may be of interest are:
Recomendações da IFLA sobre a Literacia Informacional e Mediática Versão Final Parasobreviver e evoluir, 2011 (2 pages)

Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, 2015 (18 pages)

The SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy, 2011 (14 pages)

Writing a good research question [2018-06-06]

How to spot fake news, IFLA, 2018 (Poster, also available in Portuguese)

Many libraries have written about the CRAAP test, a test used to evaluate sources. I found something from the Benedectine university, CRAAP. Search on the web to find more examples.

This is the team - a presentation of the core team

You might want to know who we are, and therefore we give a short presentation of the coordinating team below. Other team members are going to be introduced successfully - and we would like to consider all members of staff at the UEM libraries as part of our team.

 

Horacio 

My name is Horácio Zimba and I am director of Documentation Services/the Central Library at Eduardo Mondlane University (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, UEM) and I also work as a lecturer in ICT disciplines in Library and Information Science education at the School of Communication and Art (ECA). Since 2011 I coordinate the Sida sponsored Central Library Programme at UEM. I am very happy to be part of this team, and it will be a pleasure to work with our partners from Sweden and of course with all my colleagues from UEM and other involved institutions.

Anna

My name is Anna Stockman and I work as a librarian at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Sweden. At my library I work with many things: systems for information retrieval, cataloguing, teaching information literacy etc. I'm looking forward to work with you all!

Svante

My name is Svante Kristensson and since 2010 I have been working as the director of the Library at University of Borås. Before I became the director I worked as a librarian so I have been involved in many of the processes that have been established here.

Representing the University of Borås Library

Veronica

I am Veronica Trépagny and my job is to be a strategic advisor on international affairs and also to manage international cooperation projects at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, SSLIS, University of Borås. Here, I have worked both as a lecturer, masters programme manager and doctoral student in the field of library and information science. I have also lived in Kenya and worked with a number of projects in cooperation with international partners. I am very happy to manage our Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) projects and I am  looking forward to coordinate our cooperation in Mozambique.

Welcome to the Central Library Programme at UEM

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This is where the library team working within the Sida Research Training Parntership Programme cooperation between Swedish universities and the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in Mozambique are going to communicate. Here, we will share what we are here for, what our aims are, what we do and how you can learn more. We want to include all librarians and library staff working within the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane libraries in our communication, but others are also welcome to follow us. 

The Sida research cooperation aims at creating an environment even more conducive for research and the formulation of problems and theories adressing Mozambique's own challenges. For any research based university, a modern research library is needed. The vision of the central library of the UEM is "to be a modern research library and center of excellence in technical and scientific information". As (also) described in the concept note for the Central Library Programme,  its  mission is further to "bring together necessary information resources for teaching and research a at Eduardo Mondlane University in particular and in the country in general".