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List of countries eligible for free one-click access to the Cochrane Library in 2016
Following the 2016 annual review, we are delighted to confirm that Wiley will offer free access to the Cochrane Library including more than 9,000 full text Cochrane Systematic Reviews and Protocols in 117 countries with approximately 2 billion people. One-click free access is provided by country IP recognition for all of the included countries, so no individual login is needed. External link for more information:  http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/FreeAccess.htm... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 29, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Cochrane Library Cochrane Reviews & Events Source Type: news

Staff Update: Events Support Co-ordinator
Dear Colleagues, I’m delighted to announce the appointment of Holly Millward as the new Events Support Co-ordinator. Holly is an accomplished professional, who has been working at Cochrane UK since 2012 in her role as Communications and Engagement Officer.  Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 27, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Central Executive Team & Events Source Type: news

Looking ahead to 2016: a message from the Cochrane CEO
I recently met with the Cochrane Steering Group (CSG) in Vancouver, and it was a great opportunity to reflect on our many achievements in 2015, and to plan ahead for work in 2016. Here you will find all the major decisions taken by CSG. The meeting was full of stimulating discussions on what kind of organization we want to be in the future. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collabo...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 26, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Consumer Network Fields Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Notes from the Cochrane Steering Group meeting, Vancouver 16-17 January 2016
Here are the highlights and decisions from the recent Cochrane Steering Group (CSG) meeting.Cochrane Targets for 2016The CSG has set Cochrane’s key areas of activity for 2016, approving a set of 17 organization-wide Targets. The CSG would like to emphasize that achieving the Targets is a joint responsibility of all the Cochrane Groups across the collaboration. We can’t do it without you. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 26, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Consumer Network Fields Low and middle income countries Methods groups Review groups Steering group & Events Source Type: news

Call for tender for the provision of training in systematic reviews
I wanted to raise to your attention a tender call on training for systematic reviews . As many of you conduct training on systematic reviews and this is open to non-EU groups, I wanted to ensure you all were made aware of this call. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/) has recently published a call for tender for the provision of “Training in Systematic Reviews or in specific steps of Systematic Reviews for EFSA risk assessment”.  The maximum budget available is 330.000 Euros. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 25, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Other opportunities/jobs & Events Source Type: news

Staff Update: Welcome (back) and congratulations
I am pleased to announce that Catherine McIlwain has returned from maternity leave today. Catherine will be taking up a new post, the Membership Coordinator, as part of the CEAD team. Given Catherine’s marketing background and experience with Cochrane, we are pleased that she decided to take up this challenge of launching the membership scheme this year.  She will be working three days’ a week to start.  Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.co...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 13, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Central Executive Team & Events Source Type: news

Open Access papers for CSG meeting in Vancouver on 16 & 17 January 2016
Dear Colleagues,The agenda and open access papers for the Cochrane Steering Group (CSG) meeting to be held in Vancouver on the 16th and 17th January 2016 are now available to view online, for your information only,at http://www.cochrane.org/community/organisation-administration/minutes-reports/full-meetings-ccsg Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 13, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Conferences & Meetings Steering group Events Source Type: news

Support Evidently Cochrane and Students 4 Best Evidence
Show support Evidently Cochrane and Students 4 Best Evidence and vote for them in the UK Blog Awards 2016! If they obtain enough votes, they will be shortlisted into the next stage where the category judges pick the winner.Please vote for both blogs as many times as you like, all your votes count!Voting closes on the 25th January. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Curren...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 12, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Prizes & Awards Websites Events Source Type: news

Important change to the 2014 Impact Factor of the CDSR
Journal Impact Factors are released every year in June and are published by Thomson in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). The JCR is updated on an annual basis in September.Following the update of the JCR this year, the Impact Factor for the CDSR has increased from 6.032 to 6.035. One review was removed from the denominator of the CDSR Impact Factor calculation. The previous number of citable items was 1,978, it is now 1,977. Here is a reminder of how the Impact Factor is calculated: Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Gavin Stewart ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - January 9, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Library Cochrane Reviews Consumer Network Fields Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Help support colleagues in India to inspire a new generation of evidence-based practitioners
QMed Knowledge Foundation trains students and professionals of medical and allied health sciences to learn how to search Internet resources correctly, retrieve information from databases, and further manage this information, in order to be more effective in finding the right evidence of what works (or does not) for healthcare delivery. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - December 16, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Evidence-based health care Funding & Partnerships Events Source Type: news

Announcing the Community website redesign consultation
We’re ready to begin the next phase of re-branding Cochrane online: the re-design and restructure of the Community site. And we’d like your input! We’ve prepared a webinar, outlining the plan, timeline, and rationale for re-designing Cochrane Community, for your review and comment:   read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - December 10, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Consumer Network Fields Low and middle income countries Methods groups Review groups Websites & Events Source Type: news

University of Portsmouth & Cochrane Postgraduate Certificate in Systematic Reviews - enroll now for February 2016 start!
Cochrane and the University of Portsmouth (UoP) are pleased to announce the extension of our partnership following our successful collaboration in the development of our online learning materials. Cochrane contributors already have free access to these on-line resources. External link for more information:  http://www.port.ac.uk/courses/health-sciences-and-socia... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Miranda Cumpston Email address:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - December 10, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Fields Review groups Training & Events Source Type: news

Finance and Core Services announces changes to structure and team
Sarah Watson, Head of Cochrane's Finance and Core Services (FCS) team, has announced that, following a departmental re-structure, Abdullah Umar has left his position as Finance Manager, effective 8 December 2015. Following this departure, this role has become redundant, and FCS will be hiring a temporary Book Keeper and Finance Business Partner in early 2016. In the meantime, please direct any accounts or finance inquiries to the main FCS email address, accounts@cochrane, which the team will administer daily. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - December 9, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Current news Central Executive Team Centres Consumer Network Fields Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Founding Cochrane Infectious Disease editor delivers the prestigious 2015 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Leverhulme Lecture
Professor Jimmy Volmink, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, founding editor of the Cochrane Infectious Disease and Director of Cochrane South Africa, delivered the prestigious Leverhulme Lecture at LSTM on Tuesday 17th November 2015. External link for more information:  https://lstmed.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Philomena Hinds Email address:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - December 8, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Conferences & Meetings Evidence-based health care Fields Prizes Awards Review groups Events Source Type: news