EIFL has signed a renewal agreement with The Company of Biologists to continue free access as well as free open access publishing for corresponding authors in all five of its journals. The agreement covers 33 EIFL partner countries and is valid until 31 December 2029.

EIFL’s Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, Teresa Hackett, will attend two events in Geneva: a public lecture by renowned international scholar, Professor Maggie Chon, and the 48th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).

EIFL staff member, Jevgenija Sevcova, will train students and teachers of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the National University of Laos in the use of the E-Library.

EIFL staff member, Jevgenija Sevcova, will train students and teachers of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the National University of Laos in the use of the E-Library.

EIFL staff member, Jevgenija Sevcova, will train students and teachers of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the National University of Laos in the use of the E-Library.

Join the next meeting of the Community of Practice (CoP) for no-fee OA publishing in Africa. 

Date and time: 20 May 2026 at 10:00 UTC/11:00 WAT/12:00 CAT/13:00 EAT (Convert to your timezone).

Join this EIFL webinar to discuss experiences of optimizing journal processes and workflows.

Join the EIFL online meet-up of open science trainers, which will discuss how institutions strategically plan open science training, balancing long-term capacity building with project- and funder-driven training requirements, and how these approaches can be aligned more effectively. 

Join this EIFL webinar to learn how to set up and implement a mentorship programme for editorial assistants.

We’re happy to share reports from three more projects strengthening the quality and sustainability of no-fee open access (OA) journals in Africa. 

Join this ‘Virtual Break’ - an informal online discussion organized by the EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) on ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Public Libraries'. As AI tools become more widely used, we will explore practical training experiences and resources to help public librarians enhance their AI literacy and improve community understanding of this technology. In this session (up to 90 min), we will have two speakers:

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, will give a keynote address at the 5th CARLIGH International Conference 2026, which is themed ‘The Open Movement in Times Of Urgency and Rapid Change’.

CARLIGH – the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Ghana – is an EIFL partner library consortium. More information about the conference.  

EIFL’s Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, Teresa Hackett, will participate in a National Workshop on Public Lending Right in the context of the EU Acquis on Copyright. The workshop is organized by the State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) and the Library Association of the Republic of Moldova, in collaboration with EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) and WIPO, with the support of EU4IP project and the Swiss PartnershIP Moldova. It is being held on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April.

Ready to move from awareness to action? Join this interactive, hands-on 1.5-hour workshop to learn how to support and fund open infrastructures and help your institution to do the same. The workshop is organized by the Forum for Open Research in the Middle East and North Africa in partnership with the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS). 

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager and SCOSS Board Member, is among experts giving input at the workshop. EIFL is a member of SCOSS.

In April 2026, EIFL submitted comments for a public consultation organized by the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia on the Draft Law on Copyright and Related Rights (2026). The amendments seek to harmonize Serbian law with two EU Directives (Directive 2012/28 on orphan works and Directive 2014/26 on collective management organizations), and to implement the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with disabilities into national law.

In March, EIFL responded to two public consultations on proposed new copyright laws. The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) invited stakeholders to submit written comments on the Copyright and Related Rights Bill, 2026, while in Zambia, the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) encouraged stakeholders to review and send proposals on the Copyright and Related Rights Bill, 2025 (extended deadline 31 March 2026). The bills seek to modernize the copyright frameworks in Kenya and Zambia in line with technological developments and international best practices.

EIFL has signed a three-year agreement with Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd providing discounted pricing for Britannica Academic, a comprehensive, authoritative digital library featuring expert-reviewed encyclopedia articles, primary sources, journals, and multimedia.

Libraries in 29  EIFL partner countries are eligible to access Britannica Academic through this agreement. The agreement starts on 1 April 2026 and runs for three years, until 31 March  2029. 

This EIFL webinar will explore practical experiences in using AI (artificial intelligence) tools for learning and training. There will be a particular focus on using AI tools for personal learning and for developing materials for open science training. The webinar is intended for trainers, librarians and anyone interested in AI-enhanced learning. 

Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will speak at the Seventh Workshop for Open Access Journal Publishers organized by the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information. Her presentation, 'Building a Diamond Open Access Publishing Ecosystem', will explore approaches to strengthening Diamond open access publishing.