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EIFL update
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The Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL), formed in 2001, currently has 24 members which include: public and private university libraries; research institute libraries; government parastatal bodies and other special libraries. |
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EIFL Spotlight: Through the EIFL-PLIP programme, twelve public libraries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America were awarded grants in 2010 to create innovative services using technology to enhance everyday lives in response to an identified community need. Learn more about a selection of the great new services. |
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The National Library of the Maldives, representing the library community, has taken the lead on joining EIFL. |
EIFL-OA update
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EIFL supported 11 national and institutional OA advocacy campaigns to reach out to research communities: 5 in Africa (Botswana, Ghana, Malawi, Sudan, Zimbabwe) and 6 in Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine). Among them 7 are national campaigns (Botswana, Estonia, Ghana, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine) and 4 – institutional (Latvia, Malawi, Sudan, Zimbabwe). |
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On March 21-25, 2011, Central Library, National University of Laos (NUOL), hosted a workshop Open Access and Digital Libraries using DSpace Software organised by Laos Library and Information Consortium (LALIC), NUOL and EIFL and funded by UNESCO and EIFL. |
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EIFL supported OA publishing initiatives in Lithuania and Serbia: implementing Open Journal System, a project of the Association of Lithuanian Serials and Lithuanian Research Libraries Consortium; and Exploring article processing charges model, a project of the Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science, National Library in cooperation with the Ministry of Science, universities and journals. |
EIFL-IP update
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Most of the new reports in the 2011 Consumers International IP Watchlist came from EIFL-IP librarians and colleagues. |
EIFL-FOSS update
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The EIFL-FOSS March Themed Week focused on CUFTS/GODOT -- a FOSS tool that helps end-users to easily discover and access e-resources and librarians to effectively manage their e-resource collections. |
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April EIFL-FOSS Themed Week focused on faceted searching. The online workshop included a general overview of the topic and a hands-on introduction to Apache Solr. |
EIFL-PLIP update
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EIFL-PLIP announces call for concept papers from public libraries in countries with emerging and developing economies. The deadline is 30th June 2011. Twenty small grants of up to $15000 [USD] each will be awarded at the end of October 2011 for work to be done during the following 12 months. |
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Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius learned more about the educational computer game, Iššūkis (The Challenge) during his visit to the Utena A. and M. Miskiniai Public Library. The game was developed with EIFL-PLIP support and is part of the library's Play to Study project, which aims to encourage reluctant children to go back to school. |
Library consortia news
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Building good relations with the national copyright office was one of the outcomes for the roundtable co-organised by Kyrgyzstan Libraries Information Consortium (KLIC). |
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Macedonia national consortium, Macedonia Electronic Libraries (MEL), participated in the 23rd International Book Fair, in Skopje. They showcased their activities including library online services and access to commercial e-resources. |
Events
| 2 May 2011 | CODIST-II.Location: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia |
| 4 May 2011 | Co-ordination Workshop on Open Access to Scientific Information.Location: Brussels - Belgium |
| 9 May 2011 | INFOS 2011.Location: v Starej Lesnej vo Vysokých Tatrách - Slovakia |
| 11 May 2011 | African Library Summit 2011.Location: Muldersdrift - South Africa |
| 19 May 2011 | Open Access: Progress since WSIS 2010.Location: Genève - Switzerland |
| 23 May 2011 |
| 25 May 2011 | eLearning Africa 2011.Location: Dar es Salaam - Tanzania |
| 27 May 2011 | Education of librarians in Macedonia: EIFL-PLIP grantee to present.Location: Tetovo - Macedonia |
| 30 May 2011 |
| 19 Jun 2011 | Next Library 2011.Location: Aarhus - Denmark |
| 20 Jun 2011 | WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (22nd session).Location: Geneva - Switzerland |
| 21 Jun 2011 | DSpace User Group Meeting in Conjunction With OAI7.Location: Genève - Switzerland |
| 21 Jun 2011 | OpenAIRE Workshop.Location: Genève - Switzerland |
| 22 Jun 2011 | Biblionet.Location: Jagodina - Serbia |
| 22 Jun 2011 | CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI7).Location: Genève - Switzerland |
| 25 Jun 2011 | Lubuto presentation at ALA conference.Location: New Orleans - United States |
| 26 Jun 2011 | EIFL 2011 General Assembly.Location: Minsk - Belarus |
