[Duraspace] [EIFL-all] EIFL Newsletter No. 63 - May - June 2013

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No. 63 - May - June 2013

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EIFL update

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-2012-annual-report-now-available> EIFL 2012
annual report - now available

Another highly productive and rewarding year has been made possible thanks
to ongoing collaboration with over 60 partner and project countries and the
continued support of our funders. The 2012 annual report is now available
for viewing and downloading.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/volta-regional-library-going-it> We raised over
US$5,400 for the Volta Regional Library!

A big thank you to everyone who donated to Volta Regional Library’s
innovative mobile library service, which takes fully-charged laptop
computers to schools in Ho, Ghana to help 450 schoolchildren pass their
exams.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-wins-wsis-2013-project-prize-excellence>
EIFL wins WSIS 2013 Project Prize for excellence

EIFL has won a WSIS Project Prize for excellence in supporting achievement
of an inclusive, development-oriented information society. EIFL won in the
'Capacity Building' category, for the work of the EIFL Public Library
Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP). The prestigious award was presented at the
opening ceremony of the WSIS Forum 2013, attended by delegates from over 140
countries.

EIFL-Licensing Update

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/renewal-agreement-cambridge-journals-online>
Renewal agreement for Cambridge Journals Online

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with Cambridge University Press for
Cambridge Journals Online. The agreement runs to 31 December 2013.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/new-agreement-credo-online-reference-service->
New agreement for Credo Online Reference Service, Academic Core Collection

EIFL has signed a new agreement with Credo Reference Ltd for Credo Online
Reference Service, Academic Core Collection. The agreement runs until 31
December 2015, and is open to members of all EIFL-partner consortia in 27
countries.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/renewal-agreement-oxford-textbook-medicine>
Renewal agreement for the Oxford Textbook of Medicine Online

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with Oxford University Press for the
Oxford Textbook of Medicine Online. The agreement runs to 31 December 2015.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/renewal-agreement-grove-art-online-and-grove->
Renewal agreement for Grove Art Online and Grove Music Online

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with Oxford University Press for Grove
Art Online and Grove Music Online. The agreement runs to 31 December 2015.

EIFL-OA Update

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-supports-accelerating-science-award-prog>
EIFL supports Accelerating Science Award Program

EIFL joins the likes of Public Library of Science (PLOS), Wellcome Trust,
and Google in launching the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP), which
recognizes the use of scientific research, published through Open Access,
that has led to innovations in any field that benefit society. The
nomination period is open from May 1 to June 15, 2013.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/world-banks-okr-partnership-program> World Bank's
OKR Partnership program

The Office of the Publisher at the World Bank is creating a pilot program
targeted at exploring interoperability with open access institutional
repositories in Africa. The goal of this pilot program is to exchange
technical expertise on how the content in a repository can be exposed to be
more discoverable and re-usable.

EIFL-IP Update

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/copyright-armenia-will-library-expectations-b>
Copyright in Armenia - will library expectations be met?

The library community in Armenia has emerged strengthened following an
intensive campaign that has led to new partnerships and a new found
confidence in their ability to participate in national policy-making.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/cfl-adapted-use-western-balkans> CFL adapted for
the use in the western Balkans

The seventh translation of CFL - in Serbian - is available in print and
online from PHAIDRA, the University of Belgrade's digital repository
undertaken as part of an EU Tempus funded project.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/libraries-estonia-take-copyright-national-air>
Libraries in Estonia take copyright to the national airwaves

Libraries in Estonia landed a spot on the main evening news when their newly
developed position on copyright was presented at “Digital Memory”, a library
seminar organized for the national debate on copyright law.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/libraries-and-rros-selected-news-and-resource>
Libraries and RROs: selected news and resources

New resource page on libraries, education and RROs.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/campaign-progressive-copyright-law-uzbekistan>
Campaign for a progressive copyright law in Uzbekistan

To coincide with World IP Day - theme "Creativity: the next generation", we
published the fourth case study with the results of advocacy campaigns that
shows how libraries in Uzbekistan are advocating for a legal framework that
respects the purpose of copyright - to encourage creativity and learning -
and supports technological change for the next generation of pioneers who
will change our world.

EIFL-FOSS Update

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/newgenlib-ils-webinar-overview-and-case-study>
NewGenLib ILS Webinar: Overview and Case Study

NewGenLib is a FOSS Integrated Library Management System software. A webinar
to introduce it, provide an overview and a case study of its deployment was
held in March 2013.

EIFL-PLIP Update

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/library-computer-game-reach-over-50-schools>
Library computer game to reach over 50 schools

Utena A. and M. Miskiniai Public Library in Lithuania has received funding
to expand their innovative Play to Study service, which includes an
educational computer game for vulnerable children, to more than 50 schools
in nine municipalities, reaching 7,000 children.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/myanmar-country-brief-libraries-published>
Myanmar country brief on libraries published

The Beyond Access partnership has published a brief outlining the potential
of public libraries to contribute to the social, economic, and civic
development goals of Myanmar.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/scale-ghana-library-maternal-health-service>
Scale up of Ghana library maternal health service

Northern Regional Library’s Technology for Maternal Health Project for
mothers-to-be in northern Ghana, which was initiated with support from
EIFL-PLIP, is to be scaled up to reach a wider area and to produce maternal
health messages in local languages and in audio format. The expansion
follows receipt of a US$220,000 grant by the library’s partner organization,
Savana Signatures.

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/three-libraries-win-eifl-plip-open-government>
Three libraries win EIFL-PLIP open government award

Congratulations to the three public libraries that won the EIFL-PLIP award
for services that contribute to open government and e-government.

Library consortia news

 <http://www.eifl.net/news/welcome-fiji> Welcome to Fiji!

Fiji joins EIFL network of partner countries.

Events

7 May 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/coar-annual-meeting-2013> COAR Annual Meeting
2013. Location: Istanbul - Turkey

13 May 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-wsis-forum-2013> EIFL at WSIS Forum 2013.
Location: Geneva - Switzerland

13 May 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/albanian-consortium-meeting> Albanian
consortium meeting. Location: Tirana - Albania

16 May 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/j-isis-online-access-collections-free-webin>
J-ISIS: Online access to collections - Free Webinar from EIFL FOSS.
Location: Online

21 May 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/conference-open-access-uganda> Conference on
Open Access in Uganda. Location: Kampala - Uganda

28 May 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/dealing-data-what%E2%80%99s-role-library>
Dealing with Data: What’s the Role for the Library. Location: Ghent -
Belgium

30 May 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-elearning-africa-2013> EIFL at eLearning
Africa 2013. Location: Windhoek - Namibia

31 May 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/international-conference-children-and-youth>
International Conference on Children and Youth Literature. Location: Buenos
Aires, Argentina/Santiago, Chile

16 Jun 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/wipo-diplomatic-conference-vips> WIPO
Diplomatic Conference for VIPs. Location: Marrakesh - Morocco

16 Jun 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-plip-next-library-2013-conference>
EIFL-PLIP at the Next Library 2013 conference. Location: Aarhus - Denmark

18 Jun 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/oai8-dspace-user-group-meeting-geneva> OAI8
DSpace User Group Meeting, Geneva. Location: Genève - Switzerland

19 Jun 2013

 <http://www.eifl.net/events/oai8-workshop-geneva> OAI8 Workshop in Geneva.
Location: Genève - Switzerland

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EIFL is an international not-for-profit organisation based in Europe with a
global network of partners. Working in collaboration with libraries in more
than 60 developing and transition countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and
Latin America, EIFL enables access to knowledge for education, learning,
research and sustainable community development.

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