The response to the Call-For-Participation for the eIFL-FOSS ILS project was heartening. Applications were received from 12 countries, representing 11 language groups, with library collections ranging in size from 10 thousand volumes to 3.5 million volumes. The following institutions were selected to conduct pilots as part of the project:

• Fundamental Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
• National Scientific Library, Georgia
• National Library Service, Malawi
• Library of the Faculty of Medicine Pharmacy and Dentistery, Universite of Bamako, Mali
• Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya, Nepal
• Midlands State University Library, Zimbabwe
• An-Najah National University Library, Palestine (West Bank)

Each participating pilot site will install either the Koha or Evergreen ILS. Technical leads from each pilot will participate in an initial training workshop, and contributing throughout the life of the project to a support documentation effort developing materials to assist with the installation, evaluation, and migration to either of these FOSS ILSs. Case studies of each pilot's experiences will be published on the eIFL.net website during the life of the project.

Although only a small number of applicants could be selected as pilot sites, all institutions that submitted applications were invited to join the project email discussion list in order to benefit from the experiences of the pilot sites throughout the life of the project.