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SciELO Brazil

SciELO Brazil is an electronic library offering a variety of Brazilian scientific journals ranging from agricultural sciences to health sciences. Articles are available full text in English and Portuguese.

Resource Centre >> Training for Information Professionals

Training for Information Professionals

  • COADY International Institute
    The COADY International Institute is world renowned as a centre of excellence for community-based development. They provide education programs to help build communities from a grassroots level.

          URL: http://www.coady.stfx.ca/education/index.cfm

  • Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
    This center is located at the University of Illinios and seeks to strengthen the international connections between libraries and librarians.

          URL: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mortenson/

  • IFLA- Fellowships, Funds, Grants, and Awards
    This is a detailed listing of Fellowships, Funds, Grants and Awards available through the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). Complete descriptions and application procedures are included.

          URL: http://www.ifla.org/III/members/grants.htm

  • IFLA- Action for Development through Libraries Program (ALP)
    Action for Development through Library Program (ALP) seeks “to further the library profession, library institutions and library and information services in the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Oceania and Latin America and the Caribbean”. Some of the activities include continuing education, development of library associations, functional literacy programs and improving services to the general community.

          URL: http://www.ifla.org/VI/1/alp.htm

  • INASP Library Development Programmes
    International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) works with libraries and librarians to “strengthen existing skills, capacity to access, use and disseminate information” through providing training workshops and assisting with access to information.

          URL: http://www.inasp.info/file/64/librarians.html

  • IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program
    "This program, jointly sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), OCLC Online Computer Library Center and OCLC PICA, provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies."

          URL: http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm
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