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EIFL update
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EIFL Director Rima Kupryte has been awarded the 'Hakob Meghapart' Jubilee Medal for her personal and EIFL’s overall contribution to development of the Armenian library system. |
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This year’s GA was held in Yerevan, Armenia and was attended by 71 participants from 43 countries, and 13 publisher partners. To get a sense of the spirit of the event and what people had to say about it, read the spotlight. Photos are now available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eifl/sets/72157630985968044/. |
EIFL-Licensing update
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EIFL has signed a new agreement with Cengage Learning which offers discounted pricing for seven e-resources, five of which are available through EIFL for the first time. The agreement runs until 31 December 2015, and is open to EIFL-partner consortia, and their members, in 19 countries. |
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We have signed a new agreement for SAGE Research Methods. The agreement runs until 31 December 2015, and offers discounted pricing to EIFL-partner consortia, and their member institutions, in 40 countries. |
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We have signed a new agreement for IMF eLibrary. The agreement runs until 31 December 2014, and offers free or highly discounted access to EIFL-partner consortia, and their member institutions, in 46 countries. |
EIFL-OA update
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EIFL welcomes the European Commission Conclusion and Recommendation to Member States on the European Research Area, outlining measures to improve access to scientific knowledge to make it easier for researchers and businesses to build on the findings of publicly-funded research, and setting out open access policy objectives for the research funded by the Commission through Horizon 2020. |
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Makerere University hosted the Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL) and EIFL workshop “Open Access (OA) and the Evolving Scholarly Communication Environment”. And EIFL and CUUL discussed OA policies and strategies with regional research networks and national policy makers. |
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e-Health is a newly launched digital open access repository of published and unpublished material contributed by government, researchers, academics, students and others interested in health in Tanzania. |
EIFL-IP update
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EIFL welcomes the workplan and timetable for libraries and archives agreed by WIPO Member States. |
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Library-related topics high on the agenda of international copyright summer school. |
EIFL-FOSS update
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Mark Hughes, Head of Collections at Swansea University Library, and Luke O'Sullivan, Library Systems Developer at Swansea University, delivered a webinar introducing VuFind. |
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EIFL-FOSS held a webinar on August 16th 2012 on Xerte Online Toolkits. Xerte Online Toolkits is an easy-to-use tool developed by the University of Nottingham, UK, which helps non-technical staff to create accessible, multimedia e-learning materials. |
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As part of the follow-up activities from the regional training seminar in Tanzania in November 2011, we surveyed the participants, asking questions about their progress in a variety of areas since the event. |
EIFL-PLIP update
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EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) has named four winners of the first Innovation Award – for library services that improve community economic wellbeing. The winning libraries are in four continents – Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. |
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All blind and visually impaired people in Mongolia now have the legal right to be issued with a free DAISY talking book player following a change in the law. The law change affects some 300,000 visually impaired people. It is a result of intensive advocacy by the Mongolian National Federation of the Blind, and the success of Ulaanbaatar Public Library’s DAISY Talking Books service. |
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EIFL-PLIP has named two winners of the second Innovation Award, for library services that contribute to the health of the community. The two winning libraries are in Africa and Europe. |
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On October 1, EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) will launch its third Innovation Award, for libraries that contribute to social inclusion in the community. |
Library consortia news
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Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Zimbabwe, three very diverse consortia show vision. Join us in celebrating KLIC, NEICON and ZULC for 10 years of service to the library community. |
Events
| 5 Sep 2012 | Regional Consultation on OA Concept and Policies. Location: Minsk - Belarus |
| 12 Sep 2012 | An EIFL presentation on ebooks. Location: Online |
| 14 Sep 2012 | JKUAT OA Institutional Repository workshops, Kenya. Location: Juja - Kenya |
| 18 Sep 2012 | African Public Library Summit. Location: Johannesburg - South Africa |
| 21 Sep 2012 | Q&A Webinar with VuFind lead developer Demian Katz. Location: Online |
| 1 Oct 2012 | Beyond Access Conference. Location: Washington DC - United States |
| 1 Oct 2012 | 13th International Conference "Issyk-Kul 2012". Location: Issyk-Kul - Kyrgyzstan |
| 15 Oct 2012 | Ghana meeting to promote innovative libraries. Location: Accra - Ghana |
| 16 Oct 2012 | Tanzania Perceptions of Public Libraries. Location: Dar es Salaam - Tanzania |
| 18 Oct 2012 | Webinar - Strategic Planning II: Developing Your Plan. Location: Online |
| 22 Oct 2012 | Open Access Week 2012. Location: all over the world |
| 22 Oct 2012 | China Open Access Week. Location: Beijing - China |
| 24 Oct 2012 | OA drive & Digital Scholarship in Africa, Botswana. Location: Gaborone - Botswana |
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. |
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Through your generous contributions, EIFL will continue doing what it does best - creating strong library communities that provide top quality electronic information to millions of students, scholars, researchers, and professionals in transition and developing countries across the world. |
