Here is an updated report from those involved in the Research Methods 
Library of Alexandria (RMLA):

Dear Friends, (from Ron LaPorte)

It has been a wild ride with Ebola during the past few weeks. It was 
really fun to teach the world about Ebola, and to have a lecture 
produced from Africa with 13 translations in 3 days.  At the time of the 
outbreak, people were able to learn from trustworth academics, rather 
than reporters, government, or industry.  The JIT [Just-in-Time] model 
of knowledge sharing is very powerful, and we are pleased so many people 
participated.  IT also provide once again that "no body hates global 
health"...the scientists from Saudi Arabia, Paris, Tehran, Israel, 
Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, and even those who have a bit of 
dislike world wide, Americans, worked together.  Some of the lectures 
such as [in] Urdi spent hours in translation.  For me, and all of our 
team, we are also indebted to you all as well

The Ebola lecture has lead us into a new directions, that of the Library 
of Alexandria Africa, where we are collaborating with the Library to 
make it the center of science for Africa.

We already have the Research Methods Library of Alexandria, and are 
planning to build at the library a top peer reviewed, English language, 
open access journal.  Also, we are developing something really cool 
Eugene Subnikov is identifying the Health lectures that are on the web 
from African scientists, such as AIDs in Africa, Malaria, diabetes, 
etc.  In the next few week we plan to have the most complete collection 
of African Health lectures by Africans. This should get a large number 
of visits, many people will want to look at the AIDS in Africa lectures 
from the African Perspective

Also, we are prepared with a very powerful team to do almost any 
disaster lecture for Africa.

Just think of what we could do if we had funding!!

ron [LaPorte]

/"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being 
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". (WHO)/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z_CsRVbBCI        [Youtube Supercourse 
of Science]
http://ssc.bibalex.org/helpdesk/introduction.jsf     [BA Research Library]
www.pitt.edu/~super1/       [Supercourse]

Ronald E. LaPorte, Ph.D.
Emeritus Director WHO Collaborating Center
Professor Emeritus Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Member RMLA/Supercourse team

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