25 Jul 2023
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Anna Chulyan, Director of the National Library of Armenia, and EIFL Country Coordinator, writes about progress in open access and open science in Armenia.
It was not long ago that the concept of ‘open access’ was unheard of in Armenia, even among many academics, librarians and other information (...)
13 Jul 2023
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There’s a new era of research accessibility and discovery in Kenya, thanks to a partnership with EIFL, writes Agava Stanislaus, National Secretary of the Kenya Library and Information Services Consortium (KLISC), and University Librarian at NIRUC (National Intelligence and Research University (...)
12 Dec 2022
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A new report (2022) examining the status of reproduction rights organizations (RROs) in Africa finds that RROs in most countries do not meet global best practice guidelines as set out by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In this guest blog for EIFL, Desmond Oriakhogba and Dick (...)
13 Nov 2020
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South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill had been sitting on the desk of President Cyril Ramaphosa for over a year, waiting to be signed into law. But instead of signing the bill, the President returned it to parliament citing constitutional concerns with certain aspects, including new exceptions (...)
07 Apr 2020
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EIFL Guest Blogger, EIFL Open Access Programme Coordinator in Serbia, Milica Ševkušić, shares ideas for helping Serbian researchers obtain discounts and waivers and for raising researchers’ awareness about Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Like their colleagues in other middle-income countries, (...)
11 Nov 2019
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Deborah Jacobs, former director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Libraries Initiative celebrates 10 years of the EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) in this guest blog for EIFL. As director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Libraries initiative (...)
04 Oct 2019
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In June, Ethiopia adopted a national open access policy for higher education institutions. EIFL guest blogger, Dr Solomon Mekonnen Tekle, librarian at Addis Ababa University Library, and EIFL Open Access Coordinator in Ethiopia, celebrates the adoption of the policy.
The new national open access (...)