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Guest post: UG student – Seth GS Medical college and KEM Hospital

Guest post: UG student – Seth GS Medical college and KEM Hospital

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How many of us have wanted to simply know the statistics of a certain disease? Or know some causative factors of an oft-seen condition in our OPDs? You might have tried a Wiki search, fully knowing that it’s not going to yield any fruitful data. You might have spent a few hours at the library, still not able to discover the elusive knowledge you seek.Cue – QMed’s Literature Search Workshop, organised by the Academic Committee of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital- the one stop guide on the know-how to access the most prolific database available on the World…
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KRM 2016: Digital Contents, Copyrights and Libraries

KRM 2016: Digital Contents, Copyrights and Libraries

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In Jan 2016, I attended the event – KRM (Knowledge Resources Management) – organized by the Tata Memorial Centre’s Digital Library, with the Health Science Library Association of India.  There were interesting talks on these issues by librarians, users and lawyers. I shared my experiences with the participating librarians, telling them what they could apply in their libraries (apart from the declarations that they take while providing copies):Providing copies to users for academic / research purposes:Explain to users why you ask them to sign a declaration when they ask for copies. Tell them that once they have signed, they cannot make…
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