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Case studies document FOSS solutions for libraries
15 Feb 2012
Through its pilot project programme, EIFL-FOSS encourages implementation of FOSS solutions in libraries. In 2011, new pilot projects from Armenia, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Zimbabwe were selected to demonstrate implementation of a service that...
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...
Parliament of Thailand to launch repository for legislative documents
11 Jan 2012
The Parliament of Thailand is scheduled to launch in March 2012 the largest digital library of legislative collection in Thailand. It will provide access to millions of digital items, including legislative documents and related e-books, journals,...
Increasing the usage of e-resources: SubjectsPlus training in Zimbabwe
5 Jan 2012
Following the successful pilot implementation of the SubjectsPlus guided searching software at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Zimbabwe, EIFL FOSS funded a dissemination and training workshop for other institutions within...
Authentication and identity services the 'Simple' way
6 Dec 2011
Often library users, including students, academics and also library staff themselves, are faced with an array of different passwords for accessing different parts of the network, catalogues, electronic resource databases and so on. This can be...
EIFL produces a Library FOSS Advocacy Resource
2 Dec 2011
In response to feedback from the EIFL library community EIFL-FOSS has produced a Library FOSS Advocacy Resource. It is aimed at:
Library directors, who need to be aware of all of the costs and benefits in order to make a decision on deploying a...
Libraries lead the way providing tools for visually impaired students
16 Nov 2011
EIFL-sponsored project nominated for prestigious UN award
According to the World Health Organization, across the world, there are 285 million visually impaired persons (VIP); 90% of them are living in developing countries.
The librarians at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) wanted to better serve the...
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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EIFL-FOSS regional seminar explores tools for libraries
15 Nov 2011
EIFL and UNESCO partner to bring together library directors and IT staff to learn about free software solutions for libraries
Library directors and technical staff from 14 countries across Africa met in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to attend an...
Ghana EIFL-FOSS coordinator wins two awards at ETD2011
8 Nov 2011
Abednego Corletey, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Ghana's EIFL-FOSS country coordinator, won Best Paper Presentation Award and Best Poster Award at ETD2011: the 14th International Symposium on Electronic...
Themed week: Open Journal System (OJS)
11 Oct 2011
Are you interested in open access journal publishing? Would you like to know more about how libraries can help open access journal publishers?
Open Journal System is a FOSS tool that allows you to do just that! There are over 10,000 OJS (...
Themed week on SubjectsPlus: guiding users to resources
3 Oct 2011
The focus of the EIFL-FOSS Themed Week October 10-14, 2011 was on SubjectsPlus, a free and open source tool that enables librarians to create online guides and manage online content; and provides end users with an easy to use...
EIFL website in 50 Languages!
23 Sep 2011
Yes, now the EIFL website can be viewed in over 50 languages thanks to Google Translate!
The Google Translate tool has been added to EIFL's webpages in the right-hand column of all pages (see screen shot below). It will convert the entire...
Themed week on Evergreen: a FOSS library system solution
23 Sep 2011
The focus of the EIFL-FOSS Themed Week September 26-30, 2011 was on Evergreen, an established Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) which has been the subject of a series of EIFL-FOSS pilots. Online presentations provided...
September-October newsletter is online
16 Sep 2011
Our September-October newsletter issue is online, with the latest news on EIFL and partner country activities, including a spotlight on the EIFL-PLIP programme.
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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...
Improving access to e-resources through federated identity
26 Aug 2011
This summer EIFL-FOSS supported Tigran Zakaryan, EIFL-OA Coordinator from Electronic Library Consortium of Armenia (eLCA) to attend federated identity training in Istanbul, Turkey. The training was part of EuroCAMP (European Campus Architecture and...
Open Access Repositories with DSpace and Fedora
24 Aug 2011
DSpace is an open source software package that provides the tools for management of digital assets, and is commonly used as the basis for institutional repositories.
Fedora is a modular architecture built on the principle that...
