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Open Access: Knowledge Sharing and Sustainable Scholarly Communication in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
An EIFL project, funded by the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER) to run until June 2014. It is being implemented with the Kenya Library & Information Services Consortium (KLISC), the Consortium for Tanzania Universities and Research Libraries (COTUL), and the Consortium of … Continue reading
Award Opportunity for Library Services that Empower Women and Girls
EIFL’s ( Electronic Information for Libraries ) Public Library Innovation Programme ( EIFL-PLIP ) celebrated International Women’s Day with a new award call- for public and community libraries that empower women and girls through information and communication technology ( ICT … Continue reading
Posted in Grants, Libraries, Partnerships
Tagged African public libraries, community health information, developing countries, EIFL, women
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Project for open access policies in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
SPIDER -“Open access: knowledge sharing and sustainable scholarly communication in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda” is a new EIFL regional project funded by Spider, the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions … The aim of the project is to raise visbility … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Information resources, Projects, Technology
Tagged EIFL, Kenya, open access policies, open access repositories, Tanzania, Uganda
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Award for Libraries Promoting Social Inclusion
EIFL’s ( Electronic Information for Libraries ) Public Library Innovation Programme ( EIFL-PLIP ) is offering a new award- for library services using Information and Communication Technology ( ICT ) to contribute to social inclusion in the community. The award … Continue reading
Posted in Grants, Health, Libraries, Technology
Tagged African public libraries, Awards, E-Resources, EIFL, Social inclusion
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e-Health – the first OA repository in Tanzania launches
e-Health is a digital open access repository of published and unpublished material contributed by government, researchers, academics, students and others interested in health in Tanzania. It is coordinated by Ifakara Health Institute, runs on EPrints and is hosted by the … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Information resources
Tagged Access, digital, EIFL, EPrints, Ifakara Health Institute, Open, Open Access, repositories, repository, Tanzania, University of Southampton
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E-Health Corners Contribute to Community Health
Health workers are making good use of the Kenya National Library Service’s e-health corners for research and study and to seek information about treatment of illnesses. The e-health corners – dedicated space where health workers can use the internet to … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Information resources, Libraries
Tagged African public libraries, E-Resources, EIFL, Kenya
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Awards for Libraries that Improve Economic Wellbeing
EIFL’s ( Electronic Information for Libraries ) Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) has launched its first innovation award call- for libraries offering services that use ICT to improve economic wellbeing of the community. The call is open to public and … Continue reading
Health information provision by public libraries – a study
Public libraries in Africa are recognized as health information providers by significant numbers of people, according to a groundbreaking six-country study commissioned by EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries). However, the study also found that the potential of libraries to play … Continue reading
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Tagged African public libraries, community health information, EIFL, Ethiopia, Ghana, ICTs, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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