[LIS-Forum] Making Efforts from India to join EIFL

[Sridhar Gutam]

Dear Librarians,

For the enabling access to knowledge in India for education, learning,
research and for sustainable livelihoods, I am convinced that India should
join EIFL <http://www.eifl.net/>.

I am sending this mail to you all to have your opinion on this issue.

>From the EIFL site, I could see that their programmes are on

1. EIFL-Licensing: Through central negotiation with publishers, EIFL
negotiates highly discounted prices and fair terms of use to increase
access to scholarly material which is essential for research and
education.

2. EIFL-OA: Open access: EIFL advocates for the adoption of open access
policies and mandates. EIFL also builds capacities to launch and sustain
open access repositories.

3. EIFL-IP: Copyright and libraries:  EIFL seeks to address these issues by
promoting fair and balanced copyright laws that support libraries in
providing access to knowledge.

4. EIFL-FOSS: Free and open source software for libraries:  EIFL supports
the deployment of free and open source software and provides the necessary
training, enabling libraries to achieve significant cost savings.

I am sure that together we all can convince our managements and consortia
to join EIFL.

More can be read at http://www.eifl.net/consortium-management and
http://www.eifl.net/faq/consortium-management

Please also see the attachment.

Thanks & Regards
Sridhar
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Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, PG Dip Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotechnology
(WIPO)
Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) & Joint Secretary, ARSSF
Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH)
Rehmankhera, P.O.Kakori, Lucknow 227107, Uttar Pradesh, India
Fax: +91-522-2841025, Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Mobile:+91-9005760036

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