11 Sep 2023
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Blessing Chiparausha, Librarian at Bindura University of Science Education and EIFL Open Access Coordinator, tells the story of the long partnership between EIFL and ZULC (the Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium) and shares some of the milestones and achievements arising out of the partnership (...)
28 Aug 2023
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Tahleho Tseole, Head of Information and Resource Management at the National University of Lesotho Library, looks back at the growth of open access and open science in Lesotho.
The National University of Lesotho (NUL) and the Lesotho Library Consortium (LELICO), EIFL’s partner library consortium, (...)
24 Aug 2023
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Over the past 20 years, working with EIFL, there has been significant progress in open access in Kyrgyzstan, writes Jyldyz Bekbalaeva, Library Director at American University of Central Asia and EIFL Country Coordinator.
The open access movement in Kyrgyzstan started in the early 2000s. One of the (...)
21 Aug 2023
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In Georgia, work is progressing at the national level, writes Nino Pavliashvili, Acting Director, National Science Library of Georgia, and EIFL Country Coordinator.
As we gradually shift towards global open access, Georgia is confidently choosing to incorporate open science and open access (...)
21 Aug 2023
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Open access started in Slovenia in 2010, with awareness raising. Today, open access and open science are driving reform of institutions, writes Mojca Kotar from the University of Ljubljana.
Open access activities started in Slovenia around 2010, mostly with events organized to raise awareness.
The (...)
15 Aug 2023
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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.
What has changed in open (...)
09 Aug 2023
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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.
It will be exciting to have an enabling policy that will be a driver of change. The national open (...)