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A librarian in Myanmar is modernizing the way of delivering literature to students, a physiotherapist in Ethiopia is finding better ways to treat his patients and a researcher in Zimbabwe is tackling the burden of diabetes. These are just some of the many stories we hear from Research4Life user. Read more below on this page, and discover other stories from the community.

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New nonprofit launched to support Research4Life

Friends of Research4Life, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States, was launched to support the critical mission of Research4Life to enable full participation in the global information environment. Organizations and individuals can now make contributions that directly benefit Research4Life programs.

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“There is good quality content available, but not everyone knows about it”
Starting in July, professor Edda Tandi Lwoga from the College of Business Education in Dar es salaam, Tanzania will be Research4Life’s official user representative. We spoke to her about her work and motivations.
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Did you download our Advocacy Toolkit? Fill in the survey!
As you may know, earlier this year we launched the Research4Life Advocacy Toolkit to help information professionals get support and secure funding for Research4Life. We would like to know how you experienced the Toolkit, to improve our service to you,
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The first Research4Life training empowering African trainers on legal research
The first GOALI training introducing experienced trainers to legal research took place in January 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information) is the newest Research4Life programme promoting access to legal content from top academic publishers
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Book your place for the next AGORA online course: registration is open
Réservez votre place pour le prochain cours en ligne AGORA: les inscriptions sont ouvertes Reserve su plaza para el próximo curso AGORA Online: la inscripción se encuentra abierta In February 2019, the AGORA team delivered an online course called Fundamentals
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GOALI helps librarians and researchers “to know our rights and respect the rights of others”
By Edit Horváth, User and Outreach Librarian, International Labour Organization Exactly one year ago, we launched GOALI to provide developing countries with access to academic legal content and training. For the first anniversary, we asked our users why legal information
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Research4Life Advocacy Toolkit helps librarians achieve their goals
In a changing information landscape, librarians and information professionals often have to act as advocates for what a library is and does. To help them get their message across clearly and convincingly, Research4Life presents its Advocacy Toolkit, a practical learning
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