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Open Access Advocacy at Sudan Higher Education Institutions National Level (SudanHENL)

Thembani Malapela | Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) | February 7, 2013

The SudanHENL case study describes the open access advocacy campaign involving three higher educational institutions in Sudan that decided to collectively partner in raising open access awareness in their respective institutions. Read More »

Open Access Advocacy In Belarus And Serbia

Staff Writer | Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) | February 6, 2013

Key achievements, strategies, tactics and tools, success stories and lessons learnt from the two EIFL-funded open access advocacy projects in Belarus and Serbia. Read More »

Open Access From The Perspective Of Young Researchers

Staff Writer | Electronic Information For Libraries (EIFL) | February 1, 2013

The Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers (LSYR), the Lithuanian Research Library Consortium and the Association of Lithuanian Serials share the results of EIFL-funded project on educating young researchers on the benefits of open access and engaging them to become open access advocates in the country. Read More »

Six Funders Working To Set Science Free

Tate Williams | Inside Philanthropy | December 3, 2014

Sharing information is easier than ever, but much scientific research remains maddeningly walled-off in publications charging thousands of dollars for access. Some prominent funders are part of a growing movement to make science more open...

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The First National Open Access Conference In Uganda

Press Release | Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL), Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) | July 1, 2013

The Consortium of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL) in partnership with EIFL and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) organised the first national conference on “Open access (OA), knowledge sharing and sustainable scholarly communication in Uganda” on May 21, 2013 at the Silver Springs Hotel, Kampala. Read More »