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The challenges of fundraising

The challenges of fundraising

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Raising funds to run a not for profit organization is a challenge. Sounds pretty obvious? Okay - maybe if you are an expert fundraiser you may disagree, but that applies to experts. Who may have fundraising abilities in their blood , or developed them over years. Over the years, my…
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How to Peer Review Search Strategies

How to Peer Review Search Strategies

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I recently did a short course on "How to Peer Review Search Strategies". This was offered by INSTATS - an organization that offers several excellent research related courses. What is Peer reviewing of search strategies? In India, we have a lacuna of knowledge about search strategies and the need for…
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Decision making / taking responsibility

Decision making / taking responsibility

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The years 1990 - 1992. I was an Assistant Librarian of the Indian Institute of Geomagmetism. Fresh out of Library School. However I was not in my twenties like most of my batchmates were. I was married and had two school going children. But having got married immediately after graduation,…
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Unity is strength

Unity is strength

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You must have read this story as a child. About an old man who lived with three sons - all hard workers but fought all the time. The old man tried a lot to unite them but he failed. And finally decided to teach them a lesson. He made them…
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