Consortium management and licensing workshop in Tunisia
6 Jun 2012
Through the EC-Tempus funded project (ISTeMAG) whose goal is to increase access to scientific and technical information in higher education in the Maghreb, EIFL recently conducted training with librarians from across Tunisia.
This exciting project...
First strategic planning webinar- a success!
25 May 2012
EIFL-Consortium Management programme has successfully completed the first webinar of a four-part series.
The session, Strategic Planning: Overview and Getting Started, focused on an overview of strategic planning and how to get started....
PALICO consortium updates
21 May 2012
Palestinian Library and Information Consortium (PALICO) was found in 2005. It is a consortium comprised of university libraries from the West Bank and Gaza. Due to movement restrictions in the area, consortium members in Gaza participate in...
EIFL 2011 annual report - now online
9 May 2012
The 2011 annual report is now available for downloading.
Another highly productive and rewarding year has been made possible thanks to ongoing collaboration with over 60 partner and project countries and the continued support of our funders.
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EIFL March - April 2012 newsletter is online
1 Mar 2012
Our March-April newsletter issue is online, with the latest news on EIFL and partner country activities, including a spotlight on the successful EIFL-OA advocacy grants.
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Welcome to Namibia
29 Feb 2012
The Namibian Library and Archives Services NLAS, a directorate within the Ministry of Education, has taken the decision to partner with EIFL in creating a Namibian library consortium and bringing the benefits of EIFL's programmes and services to...
EIFL General Assembly 2012
20 Feb 2012
We will be visiting Armenia this year. American University of Armenia has generously agreed to host the 2012 EIFL General Assembly, 3-5 July. We are honored that our GA will be a part of the larger Yerevan World Book Capital programme. The...
Laos consortium organises training for over 800 end users
2 Feb 2012
Undergraduate and graduate students from several faculty at the National University of Laos (NUOL), and from seven other campuses across Laos, learned new skills to improve their teaching and learning. The workshops were organized by the Laos...
EIFL training for Moroccan librarians
1 Feb 2012
Through the EC-Tempus funded project (ISTeMAG) whose goal is to increase access to scientific and technical information in higher education in the Maghreb, EIFL recently conducted training with librarians from across Morocco.
This exciting project...
EIFL January - February 2012 newsletter is online
16 Jan 2012
Our January-February newsletter issue is online, with the latest news on EIFL and partner country activities, including a spotlight on the "Copyright for Librarians" online open curriculum.
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EIFL 2011 Highlights
16 Jan 2012
We would like to share our highlights from 2011:
2011 was another busy and productive year at EIFL. To support capacity building, we organized or attended over 90 events, workshops and conferences during the year.
Partner countries continued to...
Sudanese consortium organises FOSS workshop
11 Jan 2012
On 2 January, 2012, the University of Khartoum Electronic Library held a training session on the Koha Integrated Library Management System, which will be implemented in 3 major public universities in Sudan: University of Khartoum; Sudan University...
Congratulations Marat Rakhmatullaev, Uzbekistan coordinator!
5 Jan 2012
On December 3, 2010, Dr. Marat Rakhmatullaev was awarded the prestigious President Order Medal of Friendship “for important contribution to strengthening of Native Land independence, talent and creative work, scientific activity and...
Algerian librarians to form a consortium
8 Dec 2011
Through the EC-Tempus funded project (ISTeMAG) whose goal is to increase access to scientific and technical information in higher education in the Maghreb, EIFL recently conducted training with librarians from across Algeria.
This exciting project...
November - December newsletter is online
16 Nov 2011
Our November-December newsletter issue is online, with the latest news on EIFL and partner country activities, including a spotlight on the University of Zimbabwe libraries support for students with visual impairments.
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Lithuania’s LMBA celebrates 10 years
15 Nov 2011
On 20-21 October 2011 a two-day conference - Libraries for Science, Studies, Society - dedicated to mark the tenth anniversary of Lithuanian Research Library Consortium (LMBA) was held at Vilnius Pedagogical University. The event was attended by...
EIFL-Uzbekistan plays a key role in international conference
14 Nov 2011
In the framework of the NMPLIS (New Masters Programme for Library and Information Science) TEMPUS project, the international conference “Towards the Knowledge Society: New Roles for Librarians in a Changing World” was held in Tashkent and...