GrantsA great deal of valuable online information is expensive and unaffordable to users in poorer countries. The eIFL consortium provides a powerful structural solution to the "digital divide" in content access.
Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) is a network of national consortia of major libraries that negotiates, supports, and advocates for the wide availability of electronic resources to library users in lower-income countries. Its main focus is on negotiating affordable subscriptions on a multi-country consortial basis, while supporting the enhancement of emerging national library consortia in member countries. It is the largest information consortium of its kind in the world.
The consortium currently provides full-text access to databases containing well over 5,000 journals in the social sciences and humanities and 3,000 journals in science, technology, and medicine. It serves an estimated 5 million users throught several thousand libraries in more than 50 countries.
eIFL is an independent foundation governed by a board elected by national consortia belonging to the network. The OSI Information Program is still providing some core operating support for eIFL, but the network is increasingly supported by its membership. For more informations see the eIFL website at www.eIFL.net.
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