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EIFL supports Accelerating Science Award Program
2 May 2013
Nominate a pioneer who has applied scientific research published through Open Access to innovate.
EIFL today joins 23 organizations, including major sponsors Public Library of Science (PLOS), Wellcome Trust and Google, in the launch of the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP), which recognizes the use of scientific research, published...
EIFL releases results of OA advocacy grants
8 Mar 2013
EIFL-OA programme is pleased to release the case studies of the results of its advocacy grants. These case studies describe the results of the 2012 national and institutional open access advocacy campaigns to reach out to research...
EPT awards Iryna Kuchma for her advocacy of OA
15 Feb 2013
On 13th of February 2013, the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development announced the winner of its 2nd Annual Award, in 'recognition of the effort made by individuals working in the developing and emerging countries in the furtherance...
"CFL - the essential handbook" launches
11 Jan 2013
"Copyright for Librarians" (CFL) is an online open curriculum on copyright law that was developed jointly with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Re-designed as a brand new textbook, "Copyright for Librarians: the essential handbook...
Setting the Default to Open – BOAI10 Recommendations
12 Sep 2012
Scientists, foundations, libraries, universities, and advocates unite and issue new recommendations
In response to the growing demand to make research free and available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection, a diverse coalition today issued new guidelines that could usher in huge advances in the sciences, medicine, and health.
The...
‘Good advocacy comes from the heart’
29 Feb 2012
EIFL-PLIP builds librarians’ communication and advocacy skills
‘To advocate well, you must be sure that your project is producing positive change in your community. You must speak from the heart,’ said Ms Amela Hodžić, director of Zavidovići Public Library in Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ms Hodžić...
BOAI-10th Anniversary
14 Feb 2012
EIFL attends Budapest meetings to mark the anniversary and discuss the future
February 14, 2012 is the tenth anniversary of the launch of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, which resulted from what the BOAI web-site describes as “a small but lively meeting convened in Budapest by the Open Society Institute (OSI) on...
OpenAIREplus – linking peer-reviewed literature to data
15 Dec 2011
EIFL continues its active involvement
OpenAIREplus (2nd Generation of Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) was launched in Pisa in early December. EIFL is a partner, along with 41 other partners covering 31 European countries. The 30 month project, funded by the...
A WIPO treaty for the benefit of libraries
16 Nov 2011
EIFL team advocate at landmark meeting
From 21 November-2 December 2011, EIFL took part in a landmark meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. For the first time, the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), the main body that...
EIFL celebrates Open Access Week 2011
7 Nov 2011
Over 30 partner countries conduct activities
Fifth annual event draws broad global participation, highlights deep community commitment to open access
Open Access Week, the annual event celebrating the global movement towards open access to research and scholarship, kicked off for the fifth...
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Botswana, China, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia, Zimbabwe, EIFL-OA, Home - in Action
EIFL 2011 Open Access Week photo contest
4 Oct 2011
Take out your cameras and document your activities!
EIFL is looking for interesting and inspiring photographs to help promote awareness of and share ideas for Open Access Week.
Please send us photographs of activities that took place at your library during OA week 2011, October 24 – 30, 2011....
EIFL-FOSS free, online workshops providing solutions
15 Sep 2011
Themed weeks: sharing expertise and experience
Launched in January 2011, EIFL-FOSS Themed Weeks are addressing the challenges and opportunities that digital libraries are facing. In particular, an area of focus has been providing solutions that will make it easier for librarians to manage...
PLIP results – libraries rise to the challenge
12 Aug 2011
The first phase of PLIP has sparked 12 new and sustainable library services that fulfil community development needs.
In May 2010, PLIP gave small grants to 12 libraries to use technology in innovative ways to serve vulnerable and hard-to-...
EIFL Open Access programme wins SPARC Europe Award
4 Jul 2011
The EIFL Open Access (OA) programme has been chosen as the winner of the 2011 SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications for its awareness raising, advocacy and capacity building activities over the last three years...
EIFL 2010 annual report is online
6 Jun 2011
Our 2010 annual report is out and available for download!
Read about our successful year, all made possible thanks to ongoing collaboration with our partner countries and the continued support of our funders.
Read the 2010 EIFL annual report
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Over 50,000 ebooks now available in Kenya and Zimbabwe
3 Mar 2011
More than 600,000 students and researchers benefit from EIFL-negotiated agreement
EIFL's recent licensing agreement with ebrary is proving very popular in Africa.
EIFL partner library consortia in Kenya and Zimbabwe have already subscribed to ebrary’s Academic Complete on behalf of over 50 member institutions, and 24 members of...
EIFL and SPARC Europe responded to Slovenia public consultation
28 Feb 2011
Expressing support for open data and open publications
EIFL and SPARC Europe responded to the public consultation on the Research Infrastructure Development Plan 2011-2020, announced by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. In our response, we expressed our support for the...
Call for proposals: Open access advocacy campaigns
14 Feb 2011
EIFL partner countries to reach out to research communities
Open access is the immediate, online, free and unrestricted availability of peer-reviewed, research literature. It provides the means to maximize the visibility and use of research output. We advocate for open access to promote knowledge sharing....
Happy Birthday EIFL Direct Moldova!
30 Jan 2011
Please join EIFL in congratulating the consortium EIFL Direct Moldova, that recently celebrated their 10th anniversary.
Happy birthday to EIFL Direct Moldova, and congratulations to Silvia and the team.
In 10 years, EIFL Direct Moldova has achieved...
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Events
Conference on Open Access in Uganda
21 May 2013
EIFL at eLearning Africa 2013
30 May 2013
