We are delighted to announce that Mbangsi Mary Ann Zithem, one of our senior researchers, is one of the recipients of the 2021 JOVE Award.
We are delighted to announce that Mary Ann Zithem, one of our senior researchers, is one of the recipients of the 2021 JOVE Award.
With the goal of enhancing scientific research and teaching, JOVE, the top producer and distributor of science videos worldwide, established the JOVE Award. JOVE is used for research, teaching, and learning by millions of scientists, educators, and students at hundreds of universities, colleges, hospitals, and biopharmaceutical firms worldwide.
The JOVE Award honors creative ways that libraries have used visual and other digital resources to benefit patrons.
Up to USD 1,500 per winner, Jove offers funds in the form of compensation for professional development.
Mbangsi Mary Ann Zithem, librarian and research expert at eBASE Africa, was rewarded for her work in simplifying resources after becoming aware of language constraints for different groups of researchers, educators, and decision-makers at all levels. Her aim was to make this knowledge more accessible to these different groups. She made the research results available to policy-makers in a simple and comprehensive 'policy-makers language', while for teachers she transformed the content into 'teacher's language'. For non-literate communities, she developed scientific evidence statements in simple language and worked with traditional storytellers to convert the evidence statements into stories in local languages in the form of poems, songs, and dances.