Catch up! If you missed @EIFLnet webinar on why it's important to provide detailed metadata when registering DOIs you can view the webinar recording and see the slides here - zurl.co/54VaI #Research, #OpenAccess #Scholar #AcademicChatter #Science

🌟Celebrations in Colombia. Members of the Biblioteca EPM celebrate winning @EIFLnet Public #Library Innovation Award for library STEAM programmes. The library's STEAM service & robotics clubs are inspiring educators & future engineers. More here - zurl.co/X3y1z#Library 🙏 for sending us the photos!

👏 Results of EIFL project to strengthen the Journal of Student Affairs in #Africa, a Diamond #OpenAccess journal & leading platform for student affairs in African higher #education. 🙏to JSAA for a really interesting report - zurl.co/6MvMW @wacren.bsky.social @ajol.info @wellcometrust.bsky.social

More good news for scholars in @eifl countries! We've renewed our agreement with OUP for free & discounted access to journals & online products & waived APCs when publishing in fully #OpenAccess journals - for details zurl.co/cFbGx#OpenAccess@academic.oup.com @OxfordJournals

🎓🖊️Great news! Authors from @EIFL partner countries can publish research in #OpenAccess for free or at discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs) in 3,027 journals – 100 more than last year! See where you can publish – zurl.co/JDOpK

Reminder! Sign up for this @EIFL webinar 11 Feb 9:00 UTC for #librarians, #OpenAccess journal editors & publishers on why it's important to provide detailed metadata when registering DOIs for research - zurl.co/Vnl0L

Nakaseke Public Library 🇺🇬 has introduced coding lessons for children in partnership with Be Well Child Initiative #Uganda. Inspired by a study visit to Romania through EIFL IYALI programme, children are now learning Scratch and programming robots. #ICT4D #DigitalTransformation

New resources to advance #DiamondOA in Africa, Europe, and Latin America! ✅Scoping Report on Non-for-profit Publishing Ecosystems ✅Landscape Report on Diamond OA Publishing ✅Advocacy Materials: talking points, videoclips and organisation guide for online events. Find resources: u2l.fr/9qt8bo

🎓Good news for scholars in @EIFLnet countries! We've renewed our agreement with @tandfonline, offering discounted access to T&F journals in 11 countries & waived/discounted APCs for authors to publish in T&F #OpenAccess journals in 32 countries. Details - zurl.co/l4lGb#OpenAccess@tandfresearch.bsky.social

Congratulations to the four public libraries in China, Colombia, Croatia and South Africa that have just been announced as the winners of the EIFL Public Library #InnovationAward for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) learning activities in libraries! zurl.co/AViFJ

👉Discuss promotion strategies for Diamond #OpenAccess journals at tomorrow's meeting of the CoP for no-fee OA publishing in #Africa: 21 Jan 2026, 10:00 UTC/11:00 WAT/12:00 CAT/13:00 EAT. For details - zurl.co/UqJzs#OpenAccess#AfricaAJOLinfo @wacren.bluesky.social

Calling all open science trainers! Join the first @EIFL online meet-up of open science trainers for 2026, which will discuss a checklist for organizing a successful hybrid event. * Date and time: 20 January, 9:00 UTC * Registration: zurl.co/mDhbN #OpenAccess

Funders: want to strengthen Diamond OA? Go beyond short-term projects. The DIAMAS Recommendations highlight how you can lead systemic change with coordinated, long-term support. Here’s what to do. 👇

👏 We've expanded our agreement with IOP (the Institute of Physics) to include free or discounted read access to the IOPscience Extra journals package plus waived or discounted APCs when publishing in #OpenAccess in IOP hybrid journals. More here zurl.co/c4ewf#OpenAccess@ioppublishing.bsky.social

Learn more about ROR & why ROR IDs matter for recognition & attribution of research in this webinar - zurl.co/lr7bu. Presenter Milica Ševkušić also walks you through the @EIFL Guide: ‘How to check whether your organization has a ROR ID and get one if it doesn't’ - zurl.co/SDZc9.

‪"Platforms such as SciELO, Redalyc, Latindex or AJOL offer quality, community-governed alternatives ... Yet, these regional models remain undervalued in evaluation systems shaped by Northern priorities, perpetuating global inequities in defining research quality." arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820

🌟 Great news for researchers in 34 EIFL partner countries. We've renewed our agreement with World Scientific, providing waived or discounted APCs for authors to publish in 145 fully (gold) or hybrid #OpenAccess journals. See which @EIFL countries benefit - zurl.co/Lrc8g#OpenAccess@worldscientific.bsky.social

📣The latest news from @EIFL! Grants announced; what’s happening at WIPO; useful resources for #libraries, scholars & #OpenAccess journal editors & publishers. All this & more in the EIFL newsletter. Enjoy! zurl.co/BLHtk To get news from EIFL delivered to your inbox, sign up here - zurl.co/hJdta

🎓👏📣 Good news! We've renewed our agreement with Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org Terms include free and discounted access to journals and publishing in #OpenAccess in CUP journals for scholars in 34 countries – for details zurl.co/elamt

Exciting developments at 2 SA🇿🇦 journals that have completed projects funded by EIFL aiming to strengthen no-fee #OpenAccess publishing in #Africa. See what's happening at South African Journal of Science and Image & Text – zurl.co/VRjQr @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ajol.info @wacren.bsky.social

Check out our series of 10 webinars on best practices in using OJS free & open-source software for #OpenAccess scholarly journals, with ideas, suggestions & tips plus examples from 7 countries. Make OJS work for you! zurl.co/Hew6r#OpenAccessThanks to presenters for sharing expertise & experiences.

EIFL’s Teresa Hackett is back from Geneva where she joined advocates at WIPO promoting #copyright law reform & the adoption of modern copyright laws that maximize access to knowledge, and also attended the launch of the new Centre on Knowledge Governance. Read Teresa’s blog - zurl.co/86UWn

Catch up with EIFL! If you missed our webinar on best practices in using OJS for #OpenAccess publishing, with national (PUB IN) and institutional (UMinho) examples from #Portugal, you can see the webinar recording & slides here – zurl.co/mPltd#OpenAccess#Portugalnjoy! @pkp.sfu.ca

We've awarded grants to 16 projects in 9 countries to strengthen the quality & sustainability of no-fee (Diamond) #OpenAccess journals & journal hosting platforms in #Africa. Meet the grantees - zurl.co/ros6h#OpenAccess#Africa@EIFL #AJOL #WACREN @Wellcome Trust.

Catch up with @EIFL! If you missed our webinar on how to access, interpret & combine journal statistics from multiple sources, including OJS, Altmetric data, Google Analytics & indexing services, you can watch the webinar recording and slides here – zurl.co/oU19A.

Register now! Webinar, this week, Thursday, 11 December, exploring why Diamond #OpenAccess matters & examining its impact on scholarly publishing. Hear perspectives & stories from Africa, Europe & Latin America. Details & registration - zurl.co/6stPr#OpenAccess@almasiproject.bsky.social

We've released 2 new videos in the @EIFL ‘Small Bites’ series of training videos for public #libraries, both on writing project reports for donors. Find out how to structure a narrative report, and how to present outcomes backed up by credible evidence - zurl.co/WL0nc

Good news for scholars in EIFL partner countries! EIFL & SAGE Publishing have renewed an agreement allowing free or discounted access to and publishing in SAGE journals for a further three years, until December 2028. For details & eligibility - zurl.co/UV8G6 @sagepub.com

Catch up with @EIFLnet! If you missed this #webinar on practical implementation of OJS at the University of Johannesburg Press and the Revistes científiques de la Universitat de Barcelona (RCUB) – you can see the webinar recording and slides here – zurl.co/1dhfV#webinar @pkp.sfu.ca #openaccess

It's UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPwD2025 - EIFL celebrates the Marrakesh Treaty that delivers the right of access to information for people with print disabilities - zurl.co/yzrv7#IDPwD2025@EIFL advocacy contributed to 27 countries joining the treaty.

🕓 Meet on December 11th at 16:00 CET to listen G. Peruginelli talk. She participated in DIAMAS and @knowledgerights21.org projects and is a member of the Free Access to Law Movement. ⚖️Her presentation will focus on the legal aspects of scholarly communication. 👉Register to attend: u2l.fr/00ky0k

Let's mark UN Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPwD2025 Wed 3 Dec by sharing stories about #libraries & disability inclusion. This Polish library service creates space for people with disability to learn tech skills to make music & movies, draw, build robots & more  zurl.co/xv387#IDPwD2025#libraries#IDPD

ALMASI is launching its ambassadors programme. 👀 We are looking for passionate researchers, librarians and community leaders to disseminate the value of #DiamondOA in 2026-2027. 👉 Learn more about the ambassadors role: urls.fr/VvB-oP ✒️ Apply until 15 January 2026: urls.fr/mNFqLV

Wed 19 Nov 10:00 UTC - join this meeting of the Community of Practice for no-fee #OpenAccess publishing in Africa to discuss efficient editorial management workflows. For details & to join - zurl.co/XnRu4 @wacren.bsky.social @ajol.info @libsense.bsky.social

Great news for scholars! Libraries in 28 countries will benefit from EIFL’s renewed agreement with OpenEdition. The agreement provides free access to 184 journals in the OpenEdition Freemium collection + 17 bonus titles. Details & eligibility - zurl.co/Fi9wj @openedition.bsky.social #OpenAccess

We’ve compiled a selection of resources to help journal publishers & editors to address challenges of working with generative AI in Diamond #OpenAccess journal publishing. Take a look - zurl.co/g5WJD#OpenAccess #ArtificialIntelligence

11 Nov 2025 at 9:00 UTC - join us for the @EIFL online meet-up of open science trainers, where we will share experiences from #OpenAccessWeek2025. There will also be time to share open science training plans. Register here - zurl.co/CbWUC

Catch up with EIFL! If you missed this week’s webinar on managing OJS #OpenAccess publishing software through containers, you can view the recording & slides – zurl.co/0kxB9#OpenAccess – with a walk-through of setup & security & practical rtips for everyday management.

Dot your i's & cross your t's, upload your applications & press submit! Just 10 days left - deadline 10 November - to apply for the EIFL Public Library Innovation Award for Public library STEAM activities - zurl.co/mQ3JD

🌟What's new on EIFL's YouTube channel - webinars for #OpenAccess journal publishers, repository managers & how to boost research visibility; training tips for public #librarians; stories about public library ICT training for schoolchildren, and much more. Browse and enjoy! zurl.co/C2jzG

📣 See the latest news from @EIFLnet our September-October newsletter - zurl.co/9UQx5 - and sign up here 👉 zurl.co/rs6xw to get @EIFLnet news delivered directly to your inbox!

It’s #GlobalMILWeek 24-31 October &@EIFLnet celebrating public #libraries in #Ghana empowering people with media & information literacy skills, helping them find reliable information, communicate safely & participate in the digital world -zurl.co/24Noo#GlobalMILWeek#libraries#Ghanahanalibraries

Make it open! Find out how to share and license your research software in these two @EIFL infographics explaining the main steps for making code discoverable and reusable. Download here zurl.co/g2hWx and here zurl.co/A1CPx And happy #OAweek2025!

New links, clarifications and improvements! Guidelines, policies and templates! We've revised and updated our guide to support publishers of Diamond #OpenAccess journals to enhance the quality of their journals. See what's in the revised guide and download here zurl.co/l9Ax8#OpenAccess#OAweek

What makes a great trainer? Watch @EIFL new Small Bites video on the three key roles of a good trainer — Instructor, Facilitator, and Coach: zurl.co/7YaGR And see more ‘Small Bites’ training videos here - zurl.co/r1fu0

EIFL partners in #Moldova, #Uganda and #Zimbabwe have plenty of information, educational and awareness-raising events planned for #OAweek - zurl.co/Qbroo. Check out what's happening at Busitema University in Uganda - zurl.co/Yw9xE

Happy #OAWeek 2025 - and good wishes for your OA campaigns, webinars, workshops, panels and other events. Here's what @EIFL & our partners are doing - happy for you to join where possible - zurl.co/L8dyB

It's ready, steady go for International #OpenAccessWeek2025 – starting Monday 20 Oct @EIFL & partners in 3 continents have organized exciting awareness raising campaigns, events, webinars & more to celebrate. Check them out – there may be events you can join: zurl.co/ILIH5#OpenAccessWeek2025 Enjoy the week!

Here you are – presentations from the @EIFL General Assembly 2025. Links in the document titled Programme - zurl.co/xujhG - and thanks again to our hosts, delegates, speakers and sponsors #EIFLGA25

Inspiring testimonies about how #digital learning workshops run by Volta Regional #Library in #Ghana is empowering school students. Watch & enjoy! zurl.co/7rws7 @eifl.bsky.social