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EIFL update
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The 2011 annual report is now available for downloading. Another highly productive and rewarding year has been made possible thanks to ongoing collaboration with over 60 partner and project countries and the continued support of our funders. |
EIFL-Licensing update
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In 2011, libraries in our network saved an estimated US$175 million on the e-resources available through EIFL-Licensing. |
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EIFL-Licensing introduces a new Useful Information area in the EIFL-Licensing section of the EIFL website which includes links to valuable resources such as IFLA's new Electronic Resource Guide and the UKSG's E-Resources Management Handbook. |
EIFL-OA update
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Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology's (Kenya) and Donetsk National Technical University's (Ukraine) Senates have adopted Open Access Policy statements; and Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana – an open access theses mandate. |
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Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access (OA) programme manager, has been invited to join PLoS International Advisory Group. |
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Two more institutions in EIFL partner countries – the Belarusian State University (Belarus) and the University of Niš, (Serbia) – joined over 370 leading international research, scientific, and cultural institutions from around the world that have signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and the Humanities. |
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On May 7 and 8 EIFL hosted two online workshops on how to make journals OpenAIRE compliant, with Open Journal System (OJS) as example. If you are involved in a journal, which publishes EC funded research, if your journal wants to comply with the EC policies on Open Access and if you missed the live sessions, you can view the recording of the sessions and download the slides. |
EIFL-IP update
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The 2012 Consumers International IP Watchlist shows "entrenched anti-consumer bias" and calls on copyright holders and legislators to work with consumers when drafting legislation. |
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The first ever EIFL-IP Call for Proposals for grants in support of advocacy campaigns for copyright law reform has closed. Twenty proposals from eighteen countries in Africa, Asia and Europe were received by the deadline. |
EIFL-FOSS update
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On 24th April 2012 EIFL FOSS hosted a webinar on Frontline SMS. Presentations were given by Laura Walker Hudson of Frontline SMS' team in Nairobi, and Evgeniy Shestopal of Lugansk Gorky Library in Ukraine. |
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On 25th April 2012 EIFL FOSS hosted a webinar on Drupal 7 and Modules. The webinar was delivered by Robin Isard, eServices Librarian at Algoma University in Canada. Drupal Modules extend and customize the core Drupal functionality to enable users to achieve exactly what they need to do with Drupal. |
EIFL-PLIP update
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EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) is delighted to announce the names of three new grantee libraries in Ghana: The Northern Regional Library in Tamale; The Ghana Library Board’s Mobile Library Service; and Twifu Praso District Library. |
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EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) is delighted to announce the names of five new grantee libraries in Uganda who will be offering services in the crucial development areas of agriculture and health: Kachumbala Area Cooperative Enterprise Community Library; Maendeleo Foundation; National Library of Uganda; Rwenzori Information Network; and Busolwe Public Library. |
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Published in Ariadne, the article “Perceptions of Public Libraries in Africa” summarises and describes the principal findings of the study Perceptions of Public Libraries in Africa commissioned by EIFL Public library Innovation Programme (PLIP). |
Library consortia news
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Library community in Kyrgyzstan celebrated the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). A round table "Open Access in Kyrgyzstan: Input from the Libraries" was organized by Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium on 2 March 2012, to mark the anniversary and discuss open access strategy in the country for the coming years. |
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We are delighted that the Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL) is the first EIFL partner consortium to adopt a Statement of Principles on libraries and copyright. |
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Two presentations on copyright were held in Armenia during 2012 National Library Week, 16-20 April and for World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April. |
Events
| 4 May 2012 | Meeting with Serbian Library Consortium KOBSON in Georgia. Location: Tbilisi - Georgia |
| 7 May 2012 | How to make your journal OpenAIRE compliant: online workshops. Location: online |
| 9 May 2012 | EIFL conducting TEMPUS funded training in Tunisia. Location: Tunis - Tunisia |
| 14 May 2012 | EIFL conducting L'atelier sur les archives ouvertes in Tunisia. Location: Monastir - Tunisia |
| 17 May 2012 | Rethinking the Agenda for Development: OA Policies and Practices. Location: Genève - Switzerland |
| 18 May 2012 | Fifth Belgrade International OA Conference 2012. Location: Belgrade - Serbia |
| 21 May 2012 | The European Library/Europeana Libraries Joint Meeting. Location: Bucharest - Romania |
| 21 May 2012 | COAR Annual Meeting and General Assembly. Location: Uppsala - Sweden |
| 24 May 2012 | EIFL PLIP at e-Learning Africa. Location: Cotonou - Benin |
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| 30 May 2012 | Making Copyright Work for Libraries and Consumers. Location: Brussels - Belgium |
| 4 Jun 2012 | E-health corners to be presented SCECSAL. Location: Nairobi - Kenya |
| 11 Jun 2012 | Linking OA publications to data – policy development and implementation. Location: Copenhagen - Denmark |
Keep in touch | About EIFL
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EIFL is an international not-for-profit organisation based in Europe with a global network of partners. Working in collaboration with libraries in more than 60 developing and transition countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, EIFL enables access to knowledge for education, learning, research and sustainable community development. |
