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November - December 2021




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Season's greetings from the EIFL team. In our final newsletter of 2021 we share good news from our public library partners in Ghana and Uganda. We announce a campaign to increase climate change and biodiversity research. Our Open Access Programme has published revised editions of two popular EIFL checklists, for improving open access repositories and journal publishing. We share an informative blog by Teresa Hackett, EIFL-IP Manager, about the urgent need for the WTO to lift IP barriers hindering COVID-19 research. And our Licensing Programme has been busy - we have seven renewed or new agreements that will benefit thousands of scholars in our partner countries, including a new agreement for a remote access solution that can provide essential access to e-resources during library lockdowns. Read about our past and future events. Enjoy the issue, and all the best for the holiday season.
EIFL PARTNER IN GHANA WINS UN PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Ghana Library Authority wins UN Public Service Award for Hands-on Mobile ICT Classes Project.
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TECHNOLOGY BOOST FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN UGANDA
Public libraries offering digital skills training attract new donations of technology in Uganda.
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EIFL WELCOMES UNESCO OPEN SCIENCE RECOMMENDATION
EIFL welcomes adoption by UNESCO of the world’s first international standard on open science.
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OPENING UP CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH
EIFL, Creative Commons and SPARC will be creating a campaign to increase open access to research on climate science and biodiversity.
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EIFL CHECKLIST FOR USING OJS IN JOURNAL PUBLISHING
We’ve updated our checklist of good practices in using Open Journal Systems software for open access journal editing and publishing.
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EIFL CHECKLIST FOR DSPACE REPOSITORIES UPDATED!
We’ve updated and revised our guide for improving open access repositories that use DSpace free and open source software.
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SURVEY FINDS EIFL TRAINING PROGRAMME IS WELL-USED
The EIFL Digital Research Literacy Training Programme Outline well-used for training library staff, faculty and students.
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EIFL SUBMITS COMMENTS ON NAMIBIAN COPYRIGHT BILL
EIFL submitted comments on Namibia’s Copyright Bill and urges policymakers to embrace the digital environment.
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BARRIERS TO COVID-19 RESEARCH - WILL THE WTO ACT?
Why are WTO talks on a temporary waiver of IP rules on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments so important? EIFL’s Teresa Hackett explains.
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EIFL SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT WITH OPENATHENS
Agreement provides discounted access to the OpenAthens Lite remote access solution for scholars in 37 EIFL partner countries.
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FREE OR DISCOUNTED ACCESS TO E-RESOURCES
EIFL has renewed or extended agreements with four more publishers to secure free or discounted access to e-resources for scholars in our partner countries: * De Gruyter; * Duke University Press; * EBSCO; * InfoBase.
AGREEMENTS FOR READ & PUBLISH & APC WAIVERS
EIFL has renewed agreements with two publishers providing access to e-resources, open access publishing terms and discounted or waived Article Processing Charges: * Cambridge University Press; * Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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