The ‘Digital skills@your local library’ project, implemented by EIFL and partners in Uganda, has drawn to a close. We take pleasure in sharing results of a project impact survey which highlights multiple stories from participants, demonstrating how the training has changed their lives. 

Richard Bruce Lamptey,  Librarian at the College of Science Library at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and EIFL Country Coordinator in Ghana, reports on the establishment of valuable open access and open science infrastructures across Ghana.

Researchers in Botswana are excited about the forthcoming national open science and open data policies, writes Naniki Mphakwane, Chair of the Botswana Library Consortium and EIFL Country Coordinator.

Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, shares video highlights from a one-day workshop on Promoting Access to Knowledge (A2K) and the Right to Research (R2R) in Kenya, with representatives from the education, research, library and disability communities, as well as academics and regulators from the field of copyright.

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 professionals. Before major change in open access could take place, an understanding of the evolution, meaning, and importance of the practice had to be taught.

Lorraine Estelle, EIFL Licensing Programme Manager, discusses the impact of EIFL’s  open access publishing agreements on publishing by authors in our partner countries.

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 College).

On 27 June 2013, member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities. Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks back at this great achievement, examines the treaty’s take-up over the last decade, and calls on governments to speed up implementation into national law.

In January 2023, we named four winners of the EIFL Public Library Innovation Award for Public Libraries enabling learning through play. With support from the LEGO Foundation, representatives of the four winning libraries, from Colombia, Kenya, Lithuania and Serbia, travelled to Aarhus in Denmark to participate in the Next Library Festival 2023 (14-16 May). Ramune Petuchoivaite, Manager of the EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme, travelled with the four winners.

EIFL bootcamp instructors Jonathan England, Iryna Kuchma, Irena Nježić, Ljiljana Radisavljević, Milica Ševkušić and Obrad Vučkovac share their reflections on the course, and lessons learnt.