eIFL.net became one of 70 health and development organisations worldwide that have officially declared their commitment to the HIFA2015 goal. The full list of Supporting Organisations is available here. HIFA2015 (Healthcare Information For All by 2015) is a global knowledge network administered by the Global Healthcare Information Network, a non-profit organisation working to ...

The Fundamental Library of the Belarusian State University celebrated the National Library Day (9-15-09) by registering the first open access institutional repository in Belarus – BSU Digital Library – in the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR). Congratulations to our colleagues from Belarus! The OpenDOAR service provides a quality-assured listing of open ...

antropologi.info blog – a multilingual anthropology portal with news blogs in English, German and Norwegian – posted an introduction to Open Access Anthropology in Africa highlighting the anthropology related papers in Sudan Open Archive, Institutional Repository at University of Zimbabwe, and from five South African universities: Rhodes University eResearch ...

26 rectors of Ukrainian universities endorsed the Olvia declaration of the Universities: Academic Freedom, University Autonomy, Science and Education for Sustainable Development at Olvia Forum 2009 (Livadia palace, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, June 12, 2009). Open access to research information is described in the Article 2.6: “Academic freedom includes open access to information (except ...

The Internet has, through immense growth and widespread adoption, brought about a revolutionary transformation in the way that people find, access and communicate information. As the digital transformation spreads, organisations across the developing world need to adapt the storage of their research information so that it is logically organised, relevant and continuously available. To ensure ...

This year, the Open Access Week organizers will highlight a growing suite of educational resources that you can use to design your own programs on Open Access, for your respective audiences. Scholars, students, libraries, publishers, individuals, and campuses everywhere are invited to adapt these resources as needed and to mark Open Access Week by hosting an event, distributing literature, ...