KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

EIFL works in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America

E-LIBRARIES FOR MYANMAR

Connecting university students with research online

The right to read

Advocating for people with print disabilities

Power of open access

Helping doctors to access health research in Kenya 

Public Library Innovation

Changing lives of children in Kibera

EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) works with libraries to enable access to knowledge for education, learning, research and sustainable community development. Our vision is a world in which all people have the knowledge they need to achieve their full potential.

News

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The EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) team has released a new ‘Small Bites’ training video for public librarians and public library trainers, titled ‘Different (...)
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Yesterday
We’ve revised and updated our guide to support publishers of Diamond open access (OA) journals to enhance the quality of their journals and to encourage alignment with established (...)
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Yesterday
Growing numbers of public libraries are incorporating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) activities in their services and programmes.  STEAM is a (...)
20 Oct 2025
EIFL has joined Bluesky, the microblogging social media platform  where, from now on, you can keep up-to-date with our latest news, events and EIFL resources. Follow us on Bluesky (...)

Events

20 Oct 2025 - 26 Oct 2025
Global,
EIFL will be celebrating International Open Access Week 2025 with libraries, (...)
22 Oct 2025 - 23 Oct 2025
Online
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, will speak at OSICU 2025 - (...)
23 Oct 2025
Online
Jevgenija Sevcova of EIFL will give a presentation during an event organized by (...)
25 Oct 2025
Busitema, Uganda, and Online,
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, will give a keynote address (...)

SPOTLIGHT

EIFL updates lists of journals in which corresponding authors from EIFL partner countries can publish in open access

ANNUAL REPORT

In our 2024 Annual Report we share achievements and tell the stories of some of the people who have benefited from our work.

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