Evidence Aid’s COVID-19 project:

Evidence Aid’s COVID-19 project:

The project is almost one year old and the team at EVIDENCE AID has prepared nearly 500 short, plain language summaries covering more than 750 systematic reviews relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact. The summaries are available in English, with translations into several other languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish; with links to all the full reviews. If anyone would like to receive update about these directly, please write to callen [at] evidenceaid [dot] org https://evidenceaid.org/evidence/coronavirus-covid-19/
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Oral Pathologist Day

Oral Pathologist Day

25th February-We learnt only yesterday about this observance from a post by Dr Akshay Dhobley - an Oral Pathologist in Nagpur. Here is something for Oral Pathologists - a link to free articles in PubMed about Oral Pathology from India. Do share them with all Oral Pathologists! https://www.tinyurl.com/qmedsm210226
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Health science libraries and librarians – rewrite the expectations!

Health science libraries and librarians – rewrite the expectations!

Should the library be closed? This was a question I found in the main library file, when I joined the  Hinduja Hospital as Librarian in March 1992. That was nearly three decades ago. The reason stated was - the library was not being utilized enough. Having just joined, the question seemed scary to me. How long would my job last - I thought to myself? It turned out that I stayed in the job for 3.5 years. By that time I had turned the library into a bee hive of activity, usage and more. And it is gratifying to remember…
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