All the best for the holiday season and the New Year, with warm wishes from the EIFL Board and team. Thank you to everyone who has worked with us in 2025. We look forward to working with you again in 2026.
 

All the best for the holiday season and the New Year, with warm wishes from the EIFL Board and team. Thank you to everyone who has worked with us in 2025. We look forward to working with you again in 2026.
 

All the best for the holiday season and the New Year, with warm wishes from the EIFL Board and team. Thank you to everyone who has worked with us in 2025. We look forward to working with you again in 2026.
 

Public librarians who have completed the training-of-trainers programmes in Africa carried out by the EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) team and partners are invited to attend this online knowledge-sharing event on the Library of the Future. The guest speaker is Dr Hanne Vogt, an international library coach, project developer and award-winning former director of Cologne City Library. 

Public librarians who have completed the training-of-trainers programmes in Africa carried out by the EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) team and partners are invited to attend this online knowledge-sharing event on the Library of the Future. The guest speaker is Dr Hanne Vogt, an international library coach, project developer and award-winning former director of Cologne City Library. 

Public librarians who have completed the training-of-trainers programmes in Africa carried out by the EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) team and partners are invited to attend this online knowledge-sharing event on the Library of the Future. The guest speaker is Dr Hanne Vogt, an international library coach, project developer and award-winning former director of Cologne City Library. 

The EIFL-Cambridge University Press (CUP) agreement has been renewed for a further year, until December 2026. The renewed agreement includes free and discounted access to journals and publishing in open access in CUP journals. 

Free and discounted read access to 423 CUP journal titles

13 EIFL partner countries are eligible for free access:

• Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Kosovo, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Ukraine

6  EIFL partner countries are eligible for discounted access:

The EIFL-Cambridge University Press (CUP) agreement has been renewed for a further year, until December 2026. The renewed agreement includes free and discounted access to journals and publishing in open access in CUP journals. 

Free and discounted read access to 423 CUP journal titles

13 EIFL partner countries are eligible for free access:

• Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Kosovo, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Ukraine

6  EIFL partner countries are eligible for discounted access:

The EIFL-Cambridge University Press (CUP) agreement has been renewed for a further year, until December 2026. The renewed agreement includes free and discounted access to journals and publishing in open access in CUP journals. 

Free and discounted read access to 423 CUP journal titles

13 EIFL partner countries are eligible for free access:

• Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Kosovo, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Ukraine

6  EIFL partner countries are eligible for discounted access:

The EIFL-Cambridge University Press (CUP) agreement has been renewed for a further year, until December 2026. The renewed agreement includes free and discounted access to journals and publishing in open access in CUP journals. 

Free and discounted read access to 423 CUP journal titles

13 EIFL partner countries are eligible for free access:

• Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Kosovo, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Ukraine

6  EIFL partner countries are eligible for discounted access:

Reports from projects aiming to strengthen the quality and sustainability of African no-fee open access (OA) publishing are starting to come in, and we take pleasure in sharing results from projects that have enhanced two journals in South Africa.

Reports from projects aiming to strengthen the quality and sustainability of African no-fee open access (OA) publishing are starting to come in, and we take pleasure in sharing results from projects that have enhanced two journals in South Africa.

Reports from projects aiming to strengthen the quality and sustainability of African no-fee open access (OA) publishing are starting to come in, and we take pleasure in sharing results from projects that have enhanced two journals in South Africa.

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is free and open-source software for managing the entire researcher-to-reader workflow for submission, peer review and production of scholarly journals. It is the most widely used scholarly publishing platform in EIFL partner countries and worldwide.

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is free and open-source software for managing the entire researcher-to-reader workflow for submission, peer review and production of scholarly journals. It is the most widely used scholarly publishing platform in EIFL partner countries and worldwide.

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is free and open-source software for managing the entire researcher-to-reader workflow for submission, peer review and production of scholarly journals. It is the most widely used scholarly publishing platform in EIFL partner countries and worldwide.

Teresa Hackett, Manager of the EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme, reports from Geneva where she joined advocates for copyright law reform promoting the adoption of modern copyright laws that maximize access to knowledge. She attended two events: the launch of the new Centre on Knowledge Governance and the 47th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.

A new player in Geneva - Centre on Knowledge Governance 

Teresa Hackett, Manager of the EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme, reports from Geneva where she joined advocates for copyright law reform promoting the adoption of modern copyright laws that maximize access to knowledge. She attended two events: the launch of the new Centre on Knowledge Governance and the 47th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.

A new player in Geneva - Centre on Knowledge Governance 

Teresa Hackett, Manager of the EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme, reports from Geneva where she joined advocates for copyright law reform promoting the adoption of modern copyright laws that maximize access to knowledge. She attended two events: the launch of the new Centre on Knowledge Governance and the 47th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.

A new player in Geneva - Centre on Knowledge Governance 

EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) take pleasure in announcing the award of 16 more grants that will strengthen the quality and sustainability of no-fee (Diamond) open access journals and journal hosting platforms across Africa. 

The grants were awarded to 16 projects aimed at strengthening over a hundred no-fee open access journals and platforms in nine countries (Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo and Tunisia).