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Iryna Kuchma, eIFL Open Access Program Manager, eIFL.netPresented at Using Open Access Models for

Science Dissemination, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics

(ICTP), Trieste, 10 July 2008

Mission of eIFL.net

Enabling access to knowledge through libraries in developing and transition countries

Countries• 48 Member countries: Albania, Armenia,

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Kosova, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestine, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

eIFL.net programs1. Open access publishing and the building of

institutional repositories of local content 2. Advocacy for access to knowledge:

copyright and libraries 3. Promoting free and open source software

for libraries 4. 1+1= More and better. The benefits of

library consortia5. Advocating for affordable and fair access to

commercially produced scholarly resources6. Promoting a culture of cooperation:

knowledge and information sharing

eIFL-OA• eIFL-OA seeks to enhance access to research,

thereby accelerating innovation and economic development in the countries participating in the eIFL network

eIFL-OA Program • builds networks of Open Access repositories, Open

Access journals, Open Access education materials;• provides training and advice on Open Access

policies and practices;• empowers library professionals, scientists and

scholars, educators and students to become open access advocates.

eIFL-OAFast Facts:• 280 Open Access journals in eIFL countries • 94 open repositories in the eIFL

demonstrator (http://eifl.cq2.org) + 32 open repositories “in progress”

• 20% growth in number of open repositories in eIFL countries in 2008

• 26 Open Access awareness-raising workshops and Institutional repository trainings (conducted and planned)

eIFL-IP

• Advocacy for access to knowledge • eIFL-IP seeks to maximize access to

knowledge for education, research and civil society through fair and balanced copyright laws that take into account the needs of libraries and students, researchers and professionals who depend on library services to advance their education, careers and life chances.

eIFL-IP

• Fast Facts• 200+ librarians from 55 countries trained in

protecting access to knowledge• 45 specialist trained copyright librarians in the

eIFL network• 4 eIFL-IP regional and global copyright training

events since 2005• How do *you* say Access to Knowledge in 63

languages? 19 key UN WIPO committee meetings attended and 20+ interventions made on behalf of libraries in developing and transition countries

eIFL-FOSS

• Promoting free and open source software for libraries

FOSS Definition:• Access to the source code is ensured and

there is free redistribution of the program• permission to modify the software and create

derived works distributable under the same licence under which the software was received

• ……

eIFL-FOSS

• FOSS enables libraries to maximize access to knowledge through localization of user interfaces, feature modification to meet local needs, and the absence of licence fees that drain scarce resources. eIFL FOSS facilitates engagement with FOSS development and user communities and carries out projects for FOSS capacity building.

eIFL-FOSS

• “Open Source Software is flexible and sometimes superior to propriety solutions. Most importantly, it stimulates local innovation and transfer of knowledge by providing Palestinian software developers with the opportunity to contribute to the global OSS community, as well as OSS systems and applications”, Dr. Ghanem, OSS expert at University of Birzeit responsible for the migration of a computer network to OSS at the Main Library, a recent award winning story on the UNESCO Information For All Programme Success.Stories platform.

Model• Strong library consortia or cooperative groups

• One partner per country• A national consortium or an umbrella of regional consortia

• All poor, developing and transition countries can join• Capacity building with country communities - librarians, users

from academia and research, their funders and policy makers, other networks

• Vibrant 2-way communication through country coordinators• Encouraging of networking and information exchange at all

levels and in all topics

• Menu of eIFL.net services that can be taken up according to local needs and level of development• Transparent negotiations• Program needs of countries drive eIFL.net menu of activities

• Advocacy and impact assessment for, on behalf of and with countries

eIFL-FOSS

• Raise awareness and understanding of FOSS• Advocacy for the use of free and open source

software in libraries• Facilitate engagement with FOSS development

communities world-wide• Undertake projects of special significance to eIFL.net

members • Koha and Evergreen pilot implementations• Develop project documentation• Greenstone pilot implementation in Southern Africa

• Create a network of eIFL.net FOSS country coordinators

• Create a technical support network

1+1= More and better

• Fast Facts• 4,200 participating libraries serving 800

million people• 48 national library consortia partnerships• 33 grants awarded to national library

consortia for consortium development• 40+ national and regional workshops on

consortium building and development• 500 training sessions on average each year in

the eIFL network• 6,000 librarians and 12,000 end users trained

eIFL.net licensing• 19 databases and 33,300 e-journals accessed

at highly discounted rates or freely covering science, technology and medicine and social sciences and humanities

• 9 publisher offers currently under negotiation• 95% overall savings in e-resources license

costs• $135 million estimated savings by members

every year through eIFL licences• 40+ national and regional workshops on

electronic resources licensing• 142% increase in the number of full-text

articles downloaded by library users to 2.6 million a year in 2002-2006

Building library consortia

• We believe in the benefits of cooperating in a consortium

• To do together what we can not do on our own

• Sharing resources and expertise• Stronger in numbers• More power in negotiations• Stronger voice in lobbying and advocacy

• Consortia at various stages in the network

Partners• Many experts from all over the world are

involved as advisors, resource persons, trainers, thought-partners

• IFLA (different sections) • Institutions: SURF (Netherlands), JISC (UK),

SPARC, ARL, and many individual institutions and individuals

• Google• Linking of union catalogues• Creation of union catalogues• Digitisation of journals (eIFL just launching

new study about digitisation in countries)

Learning and knowledge sharing• Website - rich content, interactive, current

– Sections for all programs, news, members-only site with statistics, publishers info, resources

• Bi-monthly newsletter with large circulation• Mailing lists: for programs and regions• National and regional program workshops (500

training events in 2006)• Annual global General Assembly of all countries• Country visits • Papers at national and international meetings• Public relations

– Press releases– Success stories from countries

Governance

• eIFL.net is registered as a not-for-profit in the Netherlands, with a legal address in SURF (the Dutch network of academic libraries)

• Management board ‘trustees’• Advisory board elected from and by

member countries• Managing director and program assistant

in small office in Rome• Team of program managers

The eIFL.net team• Rima Kupryte - managing director• Isabel Bernal - program assistant• Iryna Kuchma – Open Access (Ukraine)• Susan Veldsman - e-resources (South Africa)• Teresa Hackett - IP (Ireland)• Randy Metcalfe + Tigran Zagaryan - FOSS

(Canada and Armenia)• Monika Segbert - consortium building, new

countries (member of the management board, Germany)

• Andrius Krisciunas - webmaster (Lithuania)

Funding

• Funding for projects from foundations, agencies, private funders– Ford, McArthur, OSI foundations– EU-Tempus– UNESCCO– Koha foundation

• Participation fee from each country (?)• Sponsorship of the GA by publishers• In-country funding from ministries, consortia

members - funding sources vary by country• Budget about € 1m per year

Relationship with country

• Memorandum of Understanding• General Terms of Reference for country

coordinator• Special terms for

– IP coordinator– FOSS coordinator– OA coordinator

• Constant two-way communication flow• Country members on the advisory board

and in task forces

eIFL impact• Increased visibility and accessibility of local content: a

growing number of open repositories and Open Access journals

• Increased awareness of IP issues and FOSS solutions: networks of empowered country coordinators; strong presence in international fora; partnering with like-minded communities in developed countries;

• Harnessing of cost-effective ICT solutions: FOSS for IR’s, ‘old’ PCs and other library applications; partnering with google; V-Sat in Malawi;

• Thus: support to research and education, sustainability of access, modernisation of library and information services, advocacy and movements of open access, open source solutions, fair user rights…..

eIFL impact• Vibrant networked learning and knowledge

sharing: more communication in more events and mailing lists, country communities are ‘networked’

• Financial and legal barriers for equitable access to e-resources are lowered: a growing number of transition and developing countries partake in eIFL.net and a growing number of publishers partner with us

• Take-up of licenses is increasing: the amounts of savings per country are considerable

• Scaling up the capacity in eIFL.net countries in all areas: 500 training events in 2006

eIFL-OA

• BULGARIA• Name: Radostina Todorova• Organisation: New Bulgarian

University Library• Email:rtodorova [@] nbu.bg• eIFL.net consortium: Bulgarian

Information Consortium (BIC)

eIFL-OA

• GHANA• Name: Justice Appoh• Email: kwameappoh [@] yahoo.com• eIFL.net consortium: Consortium of

Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana (CARLIGH)

eIFL-OA

• KENYA• Name: Agatha Kabugu• Organisation: University of Nairobi• Email: akabugu [@] yahoo.com;

akabugu [@] uonbi.ac.ke• eIFL.net consortium: Kenya Libraries

and Information Consortium (KLISC)

eIFL-OA

• MALAWI• Name: Kondwani Wella• eIFL.net consortium: Malawi Library

and Information Consortium (MALICO)

eIFL-OA

• NIGERIA• Name: Ezra Shiloba Gbaje• Organisation: Ahmadu Bello

University• Email: shiloba [@] yahoo.com• eIFL.net consortium: Nigerian

University Libraries Consortium (NULIB)

eIFL

• Mongolian Consortium of Libraries (MCL)

• Palestinian Library and Information Consortium (PALICO)

• Library of Alexandria• Center of Excellence for Jordanian

Public University Libraries (CoE for JoPULs)

• Ethiopia

New countries

• With contacts: Algeria, Uganda, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Cuba, Rwanda, Madagascar, Pakistan, Phillippines, India

• Countries with no contact: Central African Republic, Togo