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Cochrane20 Video Series: video #14 released
As part of a series of events to mark The Cochrane Collaboration's 20th Anniversary, a series of videos has been commissioned focusing on the ideas, achievements and people that have contributed to the Collaboration's growth since 1993. External link for more information:  http://anniversary.cochrane.org Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane Web Team Email address:  web@cochrane.org read more (S...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - July 10, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: 20th Anniversary Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Consumer Network Fields Low and middle income countries Media coverage Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

US Cochrane Center Director awarded visiting professorship at Netherlands university
Kay Dickersin, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology of Johns Hopkins University, Director of the Center for Clinical Trials, and Director of the US Cochrane Center, has been appointed the Valkhof Chair 2013 at the Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands. External link for more information:  http://www.umcn.nl/Research/Departments/cdl/SYRCLE/Page... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane Web Team Email address:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - July 9, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Evidence-based health care Prizes & Awards Events Source Type: news

Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) now available in Spanish
The Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre is pleased to announce that the Spanish-language version of the reporting standards Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) is available now at the website provided below. External link for more information:  http://cochrane.es/node/269 Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Maroussia Tzanov Email address:  maroussia@cochrane.es (Source: The Cochrane Collaborati...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - July 7, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Spanish Review groups & Events Non-English Source Type: news

Cochrane20 Video Series: video #13 released
As part of a series of events to mark The Cochrane Collaboration's 20th Anniversary, a series of videos has been commissioned focusing on the ideas, achievements and people that have contributed to the Collaboration's growth since 1993. External link for more information:  http://anniversary.cochrane.org Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane Web Team Email address:  web@cochrane.org read more (S...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - June 27, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: 20th Anniversary Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Consumer Network Fields Low and middle income countries Media coverage Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Impact Factor announced for Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
The 2012 Journal Citation Report (JCR) has been released by Thomson ISI and the Impact Factor (IF) for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is 5.703. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Gavin Stewart Email address:  gstewart@wiley.com read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - June 24, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Cochrane Library Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Media coverage Training & Events Source Type: news

Co-ordinating Editor named in 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List
Professor Nicky Cullum, Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Wounds Group, has been named a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Professor Cullum is Professor of Nursing at the University of Manchester's School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work and is a founding member of The Cochrane Collaboration. She receives this honour in recognition of her 'services to nursing research and wound care'. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane Web Team Email address:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - June 19, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Media coverage Prizes & Awards Events Source Type: news

Cochrane Collaboration announces launch of Publish When Ready model
On 3 June 2013, The Cochrane Collaboration announced the official launch of the continuous publishing model (also called Publish When Ready (PWR)). Going forward, all Cochrane Reviews and Protocols published on the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (one of the databases of The Cochrane Library) will be eligible for immediate publication, following successful completion of pre-publication editorial processes. Cochrane contributors and users will no longer be required to wait for the next monthly publication date in order to access up-to-date Cochrane evidence. External link for more information:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - June 19, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Library Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Websites & Events Source Type: news

Standard Author Training Materials available in Spanish
Thanks to the efforts of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, especially to Jesús López Alcalde and his team of enthusiatic translators, Spanish translations of the slides "Standard Author Training Materials (SATMs)" (with notes in English) have recently been uploaded to the training website. External link for more information:  http://training.cochrane.org/authors/intervention-revie... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane Web Team Email address:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - June 17, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Centres Spanish Training & Events Source Type: news

Launch of the Caribbean Branch of the US Cochrane Center
The Caribbean Branch of the US Cochrane Center (CBUSCC) was launched on 6 June 2013.CBUSCC will represent and promote The Cochrane Collaboration across the English-speaking Caribbean. CBUSCC is located at the University of West Indies (UWI) in Mona, Jamaica. Members of the CBUSCC at UWI include the Co-Directors, Damian Francis and Marshall Tulloch-Reid, and staff member Nadia Bennett. Additional members include Chisa Cumberbatch, Health Planner for the Ministry of Health in Barbados, and Ian Hambleton, Professor at the University of West Indies Cavehill in Barbados.Contributor's Information Contributor's na...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - June 11, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: nowens Tags: Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Low and middle income countries & Events Source Type: news

First issue of the Cochrane Training newsletter
Cochrane Training is pleased to announce the first issue of the Cochrane Training newsletter, available online at the link listed below.With this new newsletter, we aim to provide information quarterly about Cochrane Training initiatives and their progress, as well as to make information available about the many (and ever-increasing) resources available on the Cochrane Training website, training.cochrane.org. External link for more information:  http://training.cochrane.org/about/newsletters/issue-1-... Contributor's Information Contributor'...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - June 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: nowens Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Training & Events Source Type: news

Call for papers: Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research has issued a call for papers for a special issue on systematic reviews. This includes brief reports on completed Campbell or Cochrane reviews, as well as papers on research synthesis methodologies. The aim is to improve understanding, application, and dissemination of SRs in the fields of social care. Full information is available at the link provided below. Please feel free to contact the guest editor, Julia Littell, to discuss potential submissions. External link for more information:  http://www.jsswr.org/announceme...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - June 4, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: nowens Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care & Events Source Type: news

Cochrane20 Video Series: video #11 released
As part of a series of events to mark The Cochrane Collaboration's 20th Anniversary, a series of videos has been commissioned focusing on the ideas, achievements and people that have contributed to the Collaboration's growth since 1993. External link for more information:  http://anniversary.cochrane.org/home Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane Web Team Email address:  web@cochrane.org read mo...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - May 30, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: nowens Tags: 20th Anniversary Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Consumer Network Fields Low and middle income countries Media coverage Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

European Parliament committee to vote on changes to clinical trials regulation on 29 May
The Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee of the European Parliament, which is made up of 67 members (MEPs) from 22 countries, is currently scrutinising the Clinical Trials Regulation. On Wednesday 29 May the committee will vote on changes to the regulation. There are proposals on the table that could greatly increase clinical trial transparency and would mean that all clinical trials for medicines licensed in Europe would have to be registered and the results reported. External link for more information:  http://www.alltrials.net/news/list-of-meps/ ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - May 29, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: nowens Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Evidence-based health care & Events Source Type: news

Cochrane Collaboration confirms plans to switch to Publish When Ready model in June 2013
The Cochrane Collaboration has announced plans to change the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (one of the databases of The Cochrane Library) from its current model of monthly publication to a continuous publishing model (also called Publish When Ready (PWR)). When the new model takes effect, from 3 June 2013, it will be possible to publish Cochrane Reviews and Protocols as soon as they have been designated as ready for publication, rather than waiting for the next monthly publication. External link for more information:  http://ims.cochrane.org/support/crgs/publicati...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - May 24, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: nowens Tags: Authors Current news Cochrane Library Cochrane Reviews Review groups Websites & Events Source Type: news

Three senior management positions available at The Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international network of more than 28,000 people from over 100 countries working to help healthcare practitioners, policy-makers, patients, their advocates and carers make well-informed decisions about health care. We produce Cochrane Reviews: systematic reviews of research evidence on healthcare interventions internationally recognised as the benchmark for high-quality information about the effectiveness of health care, with over 5,000 published to date in The Cochrane Library. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Suki Ke...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - May 22, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: nowens Tags: Current news Cochrane Opportunities/jobs & Events Source Type: news