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No. 66 - November - December 2013

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EIFL update

<http://www.eifl.net/news/seven-eifl-library-consortia-celebrate-10-years?ut
m_source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Seven EIFL
library consortia celebrate 10 years of achievement

Seven library consortia from a diverse range of countries are celebrating
their 10th anniversary in 2013 including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia,
Lesotho, Macedonia, Malawi and Slovenia.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/2013-general-assembly?utm_source=EIFLall&utm_mediu
m=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> 2013 General Assembly

The 2013 EIFL General Assembly (GA), our annual knowledge-sharing and
networking event, took place in the vibrant city of Istanbul on November 11
– 13, 2013. 82 participants from 47 countries met to debate the latest
developments in electronic content delivery, to discover emerging topics
that have a significance for libraries, and to share achievements from
library consortia over the last year.

EIFL-Licensing Update

<http://www.eifl.net/news/renewal-agreement-emerald-management-ejournal?utm_
source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Renewal agreement
for Emerald Management eJournal Collections

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with Emerald Group Publishing for
Emerald Management eJournal Collections. The agreement runs to 31 December
2016 and is open to members of EIFL-partner consortia in 14 countries.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/new-agreement-emerald-ebook-series-collection?utm_
source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> New agreement for
Emerald eBook Series Collections

EIFL has signed a new agreement with Emerald Group Publishing for Emerald
eBook Series Collections. The agreement runs to 31 December 2016 and is open
to members of EIFL-partner consortia in 14 countries.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/renewal-agreement-project-muse?utm_source=EIFLall&
utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Renewal agreement for Project
MUSE

EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with the Johns Hopkins University for
Project MUSE. The agreement runs to 31 December 2016 and is open to members
of EIFL-partner consortia in over 30 countries.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/extension-pilot-agreement-wiley-blackwell-s-0?utm_
source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Extension of
pilot agreement for Wiley-Blackwell Standard Journal Collections

The pilot agreement for Wiley-Blackwell Standard Journal Collections has
been extended until 31 December 2014.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/new-agreement-intellect-journals-collection?utm_so
urce=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> New agreement for
Intellect Journals Collection

EIFL has signed a new agreement with Intellect for the Intellect Journals
Collection. The agreement runs to 31 December 2016 and is open to members of
EIFL-partner consortia in 22 countries.

EIFL-OA Update

<http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-globally-recognized-asap-portfolio?utm_source
=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> EIFL globally
recognized in ASAP Portfolio

The Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) blue ribbon panel of industry
experts selected EIFL to be one of seven high-impact open access
organizations, among public action advocates.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/students-launch-open-access-button?utm_source=EIFL
all&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Students launch Open Access
Button

At an international meeting of student advocates for expanded access to
academic research, two undergraduates from Great Britain announced the
launch of the Open Access Button.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/open-access-week-2013-review?utm_source=EIFLall&ut
m_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Open Access Week 2013 in review

Over 30 EIFL partner and project countries held a diverse range of events
around the world during Open Access Week 2013 from October 21 to 27, 2013.

EIFL-IP Update

<http://www.eifl.net/news/libraries-and-beijing-treaty-worlds-first-webinar?
utm_source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Libraries and
the Beijing Treaty-world's first webinar

EIFL hosted the first webinar on libraries and the Beijing Treaty that aims
to provide legal protection to performers in audiovisual works. The Beijing
Treaty was adopted in June 2012 by member states of the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) and aims to provide legal protection to
performers in audiovisual works, for example, actors in motion pictures.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/cobess-ready-copyright-challenge?utm_source=EIFLal
l&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> COBESS ready for the copyright
challenge

EIFL co-organized a seminar with the Consortium des Bibliothèques de
l’Enseignement Supérieur du Sénégal (COBESS) on the teaching of copyright to
librarians in west Africa, that also galvanized discussion on copyright
issues in Senegal.

EIFL-FOSS update

<http://www.eifl.net/news/koha-questions-answered-eifl-foss-webinar?utm_sour
ce=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Koha questions
answered in EIFL FOSS webinar

A Q&A webinar on Koha was facilitated by Chris Cormack, one of the original
developers of Koha during his time at Katipo, and Hilton Gibson of the
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. The webinar is now available
online for viewing.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/dspace-questions-answered-eifl-foss-and-oa-we?utm_
source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> DSpace questions
answered in EIFL FOSS and OA Webinar

A DSpace webinar that was a joint venture between EIFL's FOSS and OA took
place with participants from 21 countries and is now available online. The
open source software package provides the tools for management of digital
assets, and is commonly used as the basis for institutional repositories.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-foss-webinar-answers-shibboleth-question?utm_
source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> EIFL FOSS webinar
answers Shibboleth questions

A Shibboleth webinar took place with participants invited by EIFL FOSS and
Country Coordinators for their technical knowledge and experience of (or
interest in) Shibboleth. The open source federated access management
technology that has been widely adopted by academic institutions worldwide
to facilitate anytime/anywhere access to commercial e-resources. The webinar
is now available online.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/journal-library-innovation-publishes-eifl-fos?utm_
source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Journal of
Library Innovation publishes EIFL FOSS article

The Journal of Library Innovation has published an article written by
EIFL-FOSS Programme Manager Simon Ball and contributing authors Rosalie
Lack, Amos Kujenga, Yeukai Chimuka, Tendai Mataranyika and Darlington
Musemburi.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/webinar-demonstrates-open-journal-systems?utm_sour
ce=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Webinar demonstrates
Open Journal Systems

A Open Journal Systems (OJS) webinar from EIFL's FOSS and Open Access
programmes was delivered by Bozana Bokan of the Centre for Digital Systems
(CeDiS) at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. The webinar is now
available online.

EIFL-PLIP Update

<http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-plip-kenya-project-inspires-scale?utm_source=
EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> EIFL-PLIP Kenya project
inspires scale-up

The successful Kenya National Library Service tablet computers project,
which supports learning of schoolchildren in Kibera, the biggest slum in
East Africa, is being replicated in three more communities. The project was
initiated with support from EIFL-PLIP.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/innovative-libraries-numbers-tell-story?utm_source
=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Innovative libraries:
Numbers tell the story

Over 9,000 people learnt to use computers and the internet through 300
libraries in 23 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
EIFL-PLIP is proud to present results of innovative public library services
supported over the last three years.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/neelie-kroes-sees-innovative-public-library-a?utm_
source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Neelie Kroes sees
innovative public library in action

Utena A&M Miskiniai Public Library’s innovative ‘Play to Study’ project,
initiated with support from EIFL-PLIP, attracted high-level attention at ICT
2013, Europe’s biggest technology event, and a special audience with Ms
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the
Digital Agenda.

<http://www.eifl.net/news/grants-libraries-serving-children-and-youth?utm_so
urce=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66> Grants for
libraries serving children and youth

EIFL-PLIP has launched a new called for proposals – for public library
services that take an innovative approach to supporting the needs of
children and youth. This exciting opportunity is open to public and
community libraries in developing and transition economy countries.

Events

4 Nov 2013

EIFL-PLIP
<http://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-plip-and-irex-visit-kenya?utm_source=EIFLal
l&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  and IREX visit Kenya.
Location: Nairobi, Kisumu, Rariera and Busia - Kenya

5 Nov 2013

OpenAIRE
<http://www.eifl.net/events/openaire-workshop-legal-and-sustainability?utm_s
ource=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  Workshop: Legal
and Sustainability Issues. Location: Vilnius - Lithuania

5 Nov 2013

Shibboleth
<http://www.eifl.net/events/shibboleth-webinar-and-qa?utm_source=EIFLall&utm
_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  Webinar and Q&A. Location: Online

6 Nov 2013

ICT
<http://www.eifl.net/events/ict-2013-create-connect-grow?utm_source=EIFLall&
utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  2013 - Create, Connect, Grow.
Location: Vilnius - Lithuania

11 Nov 2013

EIFL-PLIP
<http://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-plip-visit-uganda?utm_source=EIFLall&utm_me
dium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  visit to Uganda. Location: Kampala -
Uganda

11 Nov 2013

EIFL
<http://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-general-assembly?utm_source=EIFLall&utm_med
ium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  General Assembly. Location: Istanbul -
Turkey

18 Nov 2013

Berlin
<http://www.eifl.net/events/berlin-11-satellite-conference-students-ear?utm_
source=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  11 Satellite
Conference for Students & Early Stage Researchers. Location: Berlin -
Germany

19 Nov 2013

Berlin
<http://www.eifl.net/events/berlin-open-access-conference?utm_source=EIFLall
&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  Open Access Conference.
Location: Berlin - Germany

20 Nov 2013

Introduction
<http://www.eifl.net/events/introduction-ojs-webinar?utm_source=EIFLall&utm_
medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  to OJS webinar. Location: Online

27 Nov 2013

INFORMATIO
<http://www.eifl.net/events/informatio-2013-international-conference?utm_sou
rce=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  - 2013
International Conference. Location: Kyiv - Ukraine

28 Nov 2013

Q
<http://www.eifl.net/events/qa-webinar-ojs?utm_source=EIFLall&utm_medium=ema
il&utm_campaign=newsletter66> &A webinar on OJS. Location: Online

1 Dec 2013

EIFL
<http://www.eifl.net/events/eifl-visit-myanmar?utm_source=EIFLall&utm_medium
=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  visit to Myanmar. Location: Yangon -
Myanmar

3 Dec 2013

Webinar:
<http://www.eifl.net/events/webinar-european-orphan-works-directive?utm_sour
ce=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  European Orphan
Works Directive. Location: Online

4 Dec 2013

Beyond
<http://www.eifl.net/events/beyond-access-2013-africa?utm_source=EIFLall&utm
_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  Access 2013: Africa. Location:
Cape Town - South Africa

7 Dec 2013

ICTD
<http://www.eifl.net/events/ictd-2013-conference?utm_source=EIFLall&utm_medi
um=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  2013 Conference. Location: Cape Town -
South Africa

12 Dec 2013

E-infrastructures
<http://www.eifl.net/events/e-infrastructures-research-and-education?utm_sou
rce=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  for research and
education. Location: Vilnius - Lithuania

16 Dec 2013

WIPO
<http://www.eifl.net/events/wipo-copyright-committee-26th-session?utm_source
=EIFLall&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter66>  copyright committee
(26th session). Location: Geneva - Switzerland

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