J.T. Cobb draws attention to the commendable effort of libraries across the world in embracing the new Web and adopting it as an important tool.
As a case in point, he noted a recent interview with Rima Kupryte, Director of eIFL.net, and Iryna Kuchma, Program Manager of eIFL-OA, who highlighted the contribution of eIFL to the open education movement,
Through the eIFL OA Program, eIFL members build capacity of the issues related to OA to enable members to benefit from the content, which is made freely available through OA, as well as ensuring that the local content produced within their countries is widely distributed. This is accomplished through the development of open repositories (for the research papers and educational materials) and by encouraging authors within the countries to publish their articles in Open Access journals. eIFL-OA Program seeks to enhance access and use of research findings, increase the efficiency of research developments, and accelerate use and innovation—stimulating the economy. To achieve this, we apply the developing practices of Open Access as defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative Budapest Open Access Initiative. The same practices became the foundation for the recently launched Cape Town Open Education Declaration: Unlocking the promise of open educational resources.
eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Libraries) is an international non-profit organization which promotes open access publishing and fair and balanced intellectual property laws for libraries.
