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.

Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks back at a major conference on the Right to Research that took place in South Africa in January 2023, and the practical and policy insights that were gained during the event.

Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks back at a great week at WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization).

Ramune Petuchoviate, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) Manager, shares a series of training videos, made using microlearning methodology, for training public librarians and public library trainers.