From: "Schemm, Ylann (ELS-AMS)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:12:20 +0100

Dear colleagues, you may be interested in these newly awarded library
grants. Best regards, Ylann

Elsevier Foundation Awards 2012 Grants to Champion Libraries in
Developing Countries and Women in Science

$650,000 awarded to Innovative Libraries, New Scholars and Nurse
Faculty Programs

Amsterdam, December 11, 2012 – The Elsevier Foundation announced today
the 2012 grant recipients for the Innovative Libraries in Developing
Countries and New Scholars award programs. In total, $650,000 has been
committed to eight institutions around the world in addition to five
ongoing multiyear grants and the Nurse Faculty program. The Elsevier
Foundation is funded by Elsevier, a global provider of scientific,
technical and medical information products and services.

“The Elsevier Foundation supports projects for their potential to
serve as a model with lasting impact on our health and science
communities,” said David Ruth, Executive Director of the Elsevier
Foundation and Senior Vice President Global Communications, Elsevier.
“This year, we’ve chosen compelling proposals which address
information literacy, research capacity building, women scientists’
professional development and stemming postdoc attrition.”

Innovative Libraries

The Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries program awards grants
to libraries for innovation in improving access and use of scientific,
technical and medical information. The 2012 library grant recipients
address real developing world issues through the use of STM
information resources and include:

* E-Library Training Initiative in Latin America & Asia,
MLA/Librarians Without Borders

* Enhancing Access to Research in Central and West Africa, Information
Training & Outreach Centre for Africa, ITOCA

* Strengthening evidenced based healthcare in Tanzania, Muhimbili
University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania

* Nepal Knowledge Nexus, Dhulikhel Hospital

“The Elsevier Foundation grant will enable us to address the critical
need for capacity building and information literacy to boost Africa’s
participation in the global research community,” said Gracian
Chimwaza, Executive Director, Information Training & Outreach Centre
for Africa (ITOCA), “Making research available is one step—another
vital step is ensuring that we help build researchers’ information
literacy skills. This will ensure that this critical knowledge-sharing
process is ultimately sustainable. Our project will empower the
research community from this region to also contribute and share their
innovations and research with the rest of the world.”

New Scholars

The New Scholars Program supports projects to help early- to
mid-career women scientists balance family responsibilities with
demanding academic careers and addresses the attrition rate of
talented women scientists. The 2012 grants include:

The National Postdoc-Societies Collaboration to Boost Retention of
Women Postdocs National Postdoctoral Association

* National Assessments in Gender and Science, Technology and
Innovation, Women in Global Science and Technology (WISAT)

* The Appalachian Women Scientists program, Appalachian State University

·* The Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in
the Developing World, TWAS and OWSD

"The postdoctoral position is a critical transition point when the
numbers of women researchers decline significantly,” noted Cathee
Johnson Phillips, Executive Director of the National Postdoctoral
Association. “The National Postdoctoral Association has been working
to provide resources that foster the academic career advancement of
women postdocs, and with the generous support of the Elsevier
Foundation, we will be able to build on that effort with professional
societies and associations.”

In 2012, the Elsevier Foundation’s Nurse Faculty Program continued to
support a multiyear grant to Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation
for Nursing to develop an 18 month leadership academy and alleviate
the nursing faculty shortage through retaining and transitioning new
nurse educators to the faculty role.

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About The Elsevier Foundation

The Elsevier Foundation is a corporate charity funded by Elsevier, a
global provider of scientific, technical and medical information
products and services. The Elsevier Foundation provides grants to
knowledge centered institutions around the world, with a focus on
developing world libraries, nurse faculty and scholars in the early
stages of their careers. Since its inception, the Foundation has
awarded more than 60 grants worth millions of dollars to non-profit
organizations working in these fields. Through gift-matching, the
Foundation also supports the efforts of Elsevier employees to play a
positive role in their local and global communities.
www.elsevierfoundation.org

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About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. The company works in
partnership with the global science and health communities to publish
more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to
20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and
Saunders. Elsevier’s online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus,
Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby’s Nursing Suite, which enhance the
productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite
and MEDai’s Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care
institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000
people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a
world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly
owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols
are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL
(New York Stock Exchange).

Media contact
Ylann Schemm
Senior Corporate Responsibility Manager, Elsevier
+31 (0) 20 485 2025
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