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

Award branding photo of three shiny brass trophies. The trophy is a metal spiral with a star on top, engraved with the words, EIFL Public Library Innovation Award.
31 Oct 2025
Growing numbers of public libraries are incorporating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) activities in their services and programmes.  STEAM is a (...)
30 Oct 2025
In this article, Tetiana Yaroshenko, EIFL Country Coordinator in Ukraine, traces the history and growth of open access and open science in the country over the years. She shines a (...)
22 Oct 2025
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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21 Oct 2025
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 (...)

Events

03 Nov 2025
Online
EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator Milica Ševkušić will present the (...)
05 Nov 2025
Online
Join the 7th EIFL webinar on using Open Journal Systems (OJS), free and open (...)
11 Nov 2025
Online
Join us for the EIFL online meet-up of open science trainers, where we will (...)
19 Nov 2025
Online
Join the next meeting of the Community of Practice (CoP) for no-fee OA (...)

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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