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EIFL signs agreement with open book publishers

EIFL news and events - Tue, 03/09/2024 - 18:03

EIFL and Open Book Publishers (OBP) have signed an agreement which will provide libraries that are members of library consortia in EIFL partner countries with free membership of the OPB Library Membership Programme for three years. 

OBP is a non-profit open access book publisher established by academics at the University of Cambridge to publish rigorously peer-reviewed monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The agreement runs until 31st December 2027 and is open to library consortia in 33 EIFL partner countries - 

EIFL welcomes WIPO toolkit on preservation

EIFL-OA news and events - Mon, 02/09/2024 - 14:47

EIFL welcomes the launch of a new WIPO toolkit that aims to provide guidance for national legislators on copyright provisions needed by libraries, archives and museums to preserve documents, films and other national treasures entrusted to their care. The launch (online and in person) took place in Bogota, Colombia on 2-3 September 2024.

EIFL welcomes WIPO toolkit on preservation

EIFL - FOSS news - Mon, 02/09/2024 - 14:47

EIFL welcomes the launch of a new WIPO toolkit that aims to provide guidance for national legislators on copyright provisions needed by libraries, archives and museums to preserve documents, films and other national treasures entrusted to their care. The launch (online and in person) took place in Bogota, Colombia on 2-3 September 2024.

EIFL welcomes WIPO toolkit on preservation

EIFL news and events - Mon, 02/09/2024 - 14:47

EIFL welcomes the launch of a new WIPO toolkit that aims to provide guidance for national legislators on copyright provisions needed by libraries, archives and museums to preserve documents, films and other national treasures entrusted to their care. The launch (online and in person) took place in Bogota, Colombia on 2-3 September 2024.

Webinar: Social Innovation in Libraries

EIFL-OA news and events - Wed, 28/08/2024 - 18:29

Ugne Lipeikaite, Impact Manager, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), will share experiences of supporting innovation in public and community libraries in Africa during this webinar organized by the Metropolitan Technological University in Santiago, Chile. The webinar, titled ‘Public Libraries as a Driver for Social Innovation’, is part of the university’s DIG-UTEM 2024 webinar series.

Webinar: Social Innovation in Libraries

EIFL - FOSS news - Wed, 28/08/2024 - 18:29

Ugne Lipeikaite, Impact Manager, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), will share experiences of supporting innovation in public and community libraries in Africa during this webinar organized by the Metropolitan Technological University in Santiago, Chile. The webinar, titled ‘Public Libraries as a Driver for Social Innovation’, is part of the university’s DIG-UTEM 2024 webinar series.

Webinar: Social Innovation in Libraries

EIFL news and events - Wed, 28/08/2024 - 18:29

Ugne Lipeikaite, Impact Manager, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP), will share experiences of supporting innovation in public and community libraries in Africa during this webinar organized by the Metropolitan Technological University in Santiago, Chile. The webinar, titled ‘Public Libraries as a Driver for Social Innovation’, is part of the university’s DIG-UTEM 2024 webinar series.

EIFL extends agreement for Credo Reference

EIFL-OA news and events - Thu, 22/08/2024 - 17:42

EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Infobase for Credo Reference Service: Academic Core, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 900 e-book titles,  with an emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks, covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than six million research concepts. 

EIFL extends agreement for Credo Reference

eifl licensing news - Thu, 22/08/2024 - 17:42

EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Infobase for Credo Reference Service: Academic Core, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 900 e-book titles,  with an emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks, covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than six million research concepts. 

EIFL extends agreement for Credo Reference

EIFL - FOSS news - Thu, 22/08/2024 - 17:42

EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Infobase for Credo Reference Service: Academic Core, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 900 e-book titles,  with an emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks, covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than six million research concepts. 

EIFL extends agreement for Credo Reference

EIFL news and events - Thu, 22/08/2024 - 17:42

EIFL has signed a three-year renewal agreement with Infobase for Credo Reference Service: Academic Core, an online reference database with authoritative content from over 900 e-book titles,  with an emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks, covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than six million research concepts. 

Helping librarians and trainers to cope with AI

EIFL-OA news and events - Wed, 21/08/2024 - 13:33

What can and can’t AI do? Is it ethical and safe to use chatbots for research tasks? What’s new in AI and where's it heading? Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, shares useful EIFL resources and training tools to help librarians to answer these questions and to train, support and guide researchers and library users. 

Helping librarians and trainers to cope with AI

EIFL - FOSS news - Wed, 21/08/2024 - 13:33

What can and can’t AI do? Is it ethical and safe to use chatbots for research tasks? What’s new in AI and where's it heading? Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, shares useful EIFL resources and training tools to help librarians to answer these questions and to train, support and guide researchers and library users. 

Helping librarians and trainers to cope with AI

EIFL news and events - Wed, 21/08/2024 - 13:33

What can and can’t AI do? Is it ethical and safe to use chatbots for research tasks? What’s new in AI and where's it heading? Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, shares useful EIFL resources and training tools to help librarians to answer these questions and to train, support and guide researchers and library users. 

Webinar: Diamond Open Access Publishing in Africa

EIFL-OA news and events - Wed, 14/08/2024 - 16:27

EIFL’s report ‘Landscape of no-fee open access publishing in Africa’ will be discussed at the AfricArXiv Open Science webinar series organized by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access 2 Perspectives. The report provides an overview of open access (OA) journals in Africa that do not charge fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals). 

Webinar: Diamond Open Access Publishing in Africa

EIFL-OA news and events - Wed, 14/08/2024 - 16:27

EIFL’s report ‘Landscape of no-fee open access publishing in Africa’ will be discussed at the AfricArXiv Open Science webinar series organized by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access 2 Perspectives. The report provides an overview of open access (OA) journals in Africa that do not charge fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals). 

Webinar: Diamond Open Access Publishing in Africa

EIFL - FOSS news - Wed, 14/08/2024 - 16:27

EIFL’s report ‘Landscape of no-fee open access publishing in Africa’ will be discussed at the AfricArXiv Open Science webinar series organized by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access 2 Perspectives. The report provides an overview of open access (OA) journals in Africa that do not charge fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals). 

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