EIFL has signed an agreement with Wolters Kluwer Health that provides waivers and discounts on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for corresponding authors from certain EIFL countries when publishing their article in open access in the fully open access journals Medicine and Medicine Case Reports and Study Protocols.

The agreement runs until December 2023 and is open to authors from 33 EIFL partner countries. Details are as follows:

EIFL has signed an agreement with Wolters Kluwer Health that provides waivers and discounts on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for corresponding authors from certain EIFL countries when publishing their article in open access in the fully open access journals Medicine and Medicine Case Reports and Study Protocols.

The agreement runs until December 2023 and is open to authors from 33 EIFL partner countries. Details are as follows:

Romy Beard, EIFL Licensing Programme Manager, will give a presentation about EIFL and the benefits of libraries working together in a national consortium at this conference of Burundian Universities.

The conference, about library management and information systems software, will be attended by the Minister of Education, university leadership and management, and heads of university libraries from across the country. It takes place at Bujumbura Christian University.

Maendeleo Foundation will host a week-long mobile computer camp to equip people in Bukiwe District, Central Uganda, with computer skills. The training will take place at Caezaria Public Library in Ajiija-Malongwe Village.

Rima Kupryte, EIFL Director, and Romy Beard, EIFL Licensing Progamme Manager, have been invited to attend the 15th Berlin Open Access Conference (B15): Adapt and Advance, which will be co-hosted by the University of California (UC) and Open Access 2020 Initiative (OA2020).

Rima Kupryte, EIFL Director, and Romy Beard, EIFL Licensing Progamme Manager, have been invited to attend the 15th Berlin Open Access Conference (B15): Adapt and Advance, which will be co-hosted by the University of California (UC) and Open Access 2020 Initiative (OA2020).

Romy Beard, EIFL Licensing Manager, will attend the OASPA Online Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing 2021 (OASPA2021).

The theme of the conference is ‘Designing 21st Century Knowledge Sharing Systems’. The conference will focus on topics relating to open scholarly communication and offer a forum for collective reflection on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on efforts to ensure scholarship is open and accessible to all.

Romy Beard, EIFL Licensing Manager, will attend the OASPA Online Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing 2021 (OASPA2021).

The theme of the conference is ‘Designing 21st Century Knowledge Sharing Systems’. The conference will focus on topics relating to open scholarly communication and offer a forum for collective reflection on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on efforts to ensure scholarship is open and accessible to all.

For the second year, participation at the annual WIPO Assemblies takes place in hybrid mode, due to the COVID pandemic. Member states may participate in Geneva in person, while organizations with observer status will join remotely.

Items of special interest to EIFL are general statements (agenda item 5), Report on the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) (agenda item 11), and the Assembly of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (agenda item 28).

Ramune Petuchovaite, Manager of the EIFL Public Library innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), will be a guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Lithuanian Municipal Public Libraries  (ALMPL).

Petuchovaite will speak about trends in public library development and service innovation.

The Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) - the first international open access declaration - will celebrate its 20th anniversary on 14 February 2022. In preparation, the BOAI2020 steering committee is working on a new set of recommendations, based on BOAI principles, current circumstances, and input from colleagues in all academic fields and regions of the world. 

EIFL is one of 11 partners taking part in the OPTIMA project, which promotes openness and transparency in research in Ukraine by fostering open science practices and open peer review among early career researchers and others who are interested. Open science is an open and collaborative approach to scientific research; open peer review brings transparency to the already familiar practice of academic evaluation. 

Ramune Petuchovaite, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme Manager, is to give a presentation at a webinar for public librarians who are part of the International Network of Emerging Library Innovators (INELI) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), India and South Asia, and the Balkans. 

EIFL staff member, Jevgenija Sevcova, will train staff of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the National University of Laos in the use of e-libraries.

EIFL staff member, Jevgenija Sevcova, will train staff of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the National University of Laos in the use of e-libraries.

OAI12 – The Geneva Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication will be held virtually from 6-10 September 2021. The main conference themes include: 

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with SAGE Publications for SAGE Research Methods and SAGE Research Methods Cases.

SAGE Research Methods allows students to explore different concepts of research methods, which can help them to design their research projects, understand particular methods, or identify useful new methods. As a result, students can conduct their research and write up their findings in a more efficient and structured way.

SAGE Research Methods contains content from:

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with SAGE Publications for SAGE Research Methods and SAGE Research Methods Cases.

SAGE Research Methods allows students to explore different concepts of research methods, which can help them to design their research projects, understand particular methods, or identify useful new methods. As a result, students can conduct their research and write up their findings in a more efficient and structured way.

SAGE Research Methods contains content from:

EIFL has signed an agreement with scite, a platform for discovering and evaluating scientific articles via Smart Citations.  

Smart Citations allow researchers to see how a scientific paper has been cited by providing the context of the citation and indicating whether it provides supporting or contrasting evidence for the cited claim. 

Key features:

EIFL has signed an agreement with scite, a platform for discovering and evaluating scientific articles via Smart Citations.  

Smart Citations allow researchers to see how a scientific paper has been cited by providing the context of the citation and indicating whether it provides supporting or contrasting evidence for the cited claim. 

Key features: