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Presentations from the IInd International conference Open Access in Poland 4 Feb 2010
Presentations from the IInd International conference Open Access in Poland are online. Among the speakers - Alma Swan and Bernard Rentier from EOS, Claire Bundy from Open Repository and Maria Romano from BioMed Central, Jan Andrzej...
Poland, EIFL-OA
eIFL.net and NDLTD signed a Memorandum of Understanding 18 Jan 2010
eIFL.net and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD: http://www.ndltd.org/) decided to work together to promote the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-...
EIFL Home Page news, EIFL-OA
News from the partners: EOS for librarians 8 Jan 2010
Some context    The Web has already changed, and will change much more, the way research is both conducted and communicated: e-research, collaborative research, interdisciplinary research call for barrier-free communication channels. These...
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EIFL-OA country coordinators’ publications about open access 6 Jan 2010
Ezra Shiloba Gbaje, Department of Library and Information Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and EIFL-OA country coordinator in Nigeria, in his study Open access journal publishing in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria to be presented at...
Nigeria, Poland, Ukraine, EIFL-OA
Open Access in Hong Kong 24 Dec 2009
In autumn 2009 the Hong Kong Open Access Committee (HKOAC) launched a website Open Access for Hong Kong to promote the concept, the reasons for, and the practice of open access in all Hong Kong academic, governmental and philanthropic institutions...
China, EIFL-OA
Discussion lists and wiki about open access in South Africa and Africa 24 Dec 2009
Irtalk – a discussion list to discuss, communicate, share information on all open access and institutional repositories related issues in Africa and South Africa.    DuraSpace – discussion list for the South Africa DSpace/ DuraSpace...
South Africa, EIFL-OA
The Chinese Academy of Sciences signed a membership agreement with BioMed Central 24 Dec 2009
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) signed a membership agreement with BioMed Central to cover publication costs for research articles published by researchers at its institutions. CAS has long been a supporter of open access, having signed the...
China, EIFL-OA
Addressing Access to Knowledge Issues in Africa 16 Nov 2009
Denise Rosemary Nicholson, Copyright Services Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and a member of the Wits Plagiarism Committee and Policy and Dissemination Advisor to ACA2K Project, published an article Addressing Access To...
Botswana, Egypt, South Africa, Zimbabwe, EIFL-OA
Open Access Week at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana 10 Nov 2009
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Library in Kumasi-Ghana celebrated the first ever Open Access week (October 19-23, 2009) to raise awareness on open access and the usefulness of an institutional repository. The week was an...
Ghana, EIFL-OA
Open Access: Maximising Research Quality and Impact workshop, the University of Latvia 10 Nov 2009
Presentatons and photos from the Open Access: Maximising Research Quality and Impact workshop organised by the University of Latvia, State agency "Culture information systems" and eIFL.net.
Latvia, EIFL-OA
NaUKMA supports Open Access to Knowledge 10 Nov 2009
Oleksandra Yaroshenko, student of the Master’s Program in Journalism, the National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA), released a video NaUKMA supports Open Access to Knowledge.
Ukraine, EIFL-OA
A national Mozambican repository launched 10 Nov 2009
Account by Aissa Issak   On November, 4, 2009, SABER – The Mozambican Repository [http://www.saber.ac.mz] was launched in a ceremony that took place at Biblioteca Brazão Mazula/Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, the biggest university library in...
Mozambique, EIFL-OA
DRIVER/eIFL.net collaboration: More repositories in the DRIVER Research Infrastructure 10 Nov 2009
At the DRIVER Confederation Summit, October 20, 2009, Ghent University Library, eIFL.net and DRIVER – Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research – announced a partnership to register repositories from eIFL.net network in the...
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Open Access, Libraries, Adult Learning and e-Learning in Lithuania 1 Nov 2009
On November 25, Dr. Gintare Tautkeviciene, Kaunas University of Technology and eIFL-OA country coordinator, Emilija Banionyte, Vilnius Pedagogical University Library and eIFL-IP copyright librarian and Iryna Kuchma, eIFL-OA program manager...
Lithuania, EIFL-OA
The Depot – an assured gateway to make research Open Access – becomes international 26 Oct 2009
To coincide with the Open Access week, EDINA (a JISC UK-national academic data centre based at the University of Edinburgh) is pleased to announce that the Depot has been opened up internationally. Building upon its initial role given to it by JISC...
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The University of Pretoria Library Services launched its list of Accredited Open Access Journals – South Africa (AOAJSA) 26 Oct 2009
As part of its OA Day celebrations the University of Pretoria Library Services launched its list of Accredited Open Access Journals – South Africa (AOAJSA).  AOAJSA is a list of open access journals (600 titles) accredited by the South...
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The history of the University of Pretoria Open Access mandate 26 Oct 2009
During the Open Access Week the University of Pretoria Library Services released a document on the history of its Open Access mandate and a scorecard on the progress of open access at the university.       “We Build the Road...
South Africa, EIFL-OA
Open Access Week @ the University of Zimbabwe 22 Oct 2009
Congratulations to the colleagues from the University of Zimbabwe Libraries with a beautiful Open Access Week web-page and wide range of activites!   (Highlights of the Open Access Week)
Zimbabwe, EIFL-OA
Presentations from the Open Access session, Informatio 2009, Lviv, Ukraine 20 Oct 2009
Presentations from the Open Access session at Informatio 2009, October 9, Lviv, Ukraine, are online (in Ukrainian language). The presentations cover open access news, overview of open access projects in Ukraine, case studies of the open access...
Ukraine, EIFL-OA
Presentations from Scientific Information in the Digital Age: Access and Dissemination, ICTP Workshop, Trieste, Italy, 12-16 October 2009 20 Oct 2009
Video recordings of the presentations from Scientific Information in the Digital Age: Access and Dissemination, ICTP Workshop, Trieste, Italy, 12-16 October 2009, are online (automatic video recording of the activities with synchronized audio and...
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