This ia a joint conference co-organised by eIFL, IFLA and EBLIDA.

The local organisation is by our colleagues in eIFL Direct Moldova. For more details, click Read More...

Teresa Hackett, Programme Manager eIFL-IP, will speak on "Croatian Copyright Law: the Impact of International Treaties and European Law". More information at: http://nippur.irb.hr/szi_2008/eng/szi_program.htm

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Associates at the Mortensen Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are road-testing the first modules of a new copyright course for librarians during September and October 2008. The course is under development by eIFL and the Read More...

Teresa Hackett, eIFL-IP Programme Manager, will deliver the 18th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture at the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs on 17th September 2008.

The Mortenson Center seeks to strengthen international ties among libraries and librarians, regardless of geographic location or access to technolog

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In April, eIFL.net was interviewed by Ahrash Bissell, Executive Director of ccLearn, a division of Creative Commons dedicated to realizing the
full potential of the Internet to support open learning and open educational resources (OER).
Rima Kupryte, eIFL.net Director and Iryna Kuchma, Program Manager of eIFL-OA (Open Access) discussed

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Advocacy for Access to Knowledge: copyright and libraries. eIFL-IP global conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-5 April 2008

Participants from forty eIFL member countries spent two days updating their knowledge and sharing experiences on the policy and practice of copyright law. The first day focused on practical issues faced by libr

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In October 2007, we began the search for a name for the eIFL-Berkman library copyright course that would accurately describe the different elements: it’s about copyright, from the perspective of libraries, it’s a training course and it’s delivered remotely. We received lots of creative and thoughtful acronyms and descriptive title

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eIFL-IP receives grants from the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
eIFL.net is pleased to announce that it has been awarded new grants by two prestigious Foundations that seek to improve lives and create opportunity in countries around the globe.

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On 19 June 2007, Macadonia became the 38th country to launch a Creative Commons licence for their jurisdiction. Two more eIFL.net countries are progressing with their porting projects: Serbia and Egypt.

Congratulations to Macedonia in joining the growing Creative Commons family that enables sharing of knowledge and creative works over

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eIFL-IP Rzecznictwo w sprawie dostepu do wiedzy: prawo autorskie a biblioteki.
We are pleased to announce that the Polish version of the eIFL-IP Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues is available. Not only has the text been translated into Polish, bu

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The WIPO study on the relationship between copyright law and the needs of blind and visually impaired people has been published. The study examined national copyright laws, analysed the rules that govern the transfer of accessible material for blind and visually impaired people between jurisdictions, presented multiple case studies from deve

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The eIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries, launched in January, has been mailed far and wide and has been pressed into the hands of copyright officials from Argentina to Zimbabwe. It sits on a library shelf in Ghana, has been catalogued in Lithuania and has inspired a course for students on library copyright issues in Zambia.

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The eIFL-IP Advisory Board held its first meeting in Geneva in February 2007 with a wide-ranging discussion on the achievements of eIFL-IP, the challenges and the opportunities ahead. Special attention was paid to training and capacity building, including how to develop regional hubs and to strengthen regional support. Growing the Access to Knowled

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We have been reporting for almost two years, and 20 days negotiation, on a development agenda for WIPO. With no agreement on the 111 proposals, member states were sent back to the negotiating table once more to hammer out an agreement. The first meeting took place in February to discuss the “low hanging fruit” i.e. less contentious prop

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eIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries

The eIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries has recently been launched. Sponsored by the UNESCO Information for All Programme, this is a practical guide to topical legal questions affecting the information work of libraries in the fast moving digital envir

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After two years, eIFL-IP has established itself as a serious activist organisation. To provide guidance on future policy, advocacy and strategy and to ensure that eIFL-IP remains focused and effective, an Advisory Committee has been established with expertise in strategy, development, copyright and libraries. The members of the Advisory Board are:

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Following a busy year in 2006, which saw the completion of the regional training programme, attendance at key strategic conferences, participation in inter-governmental meetings at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and consultations as well as the provision of legal advice to eIFL member countries, we are looking forward to an exc

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