Join us for this webinar introducing UMinho Editora, the academic press of the University of Minho, and PUB IN, the Portuguese national infrastructure for scholarly journal publishing.

Pedro Principe, Carla Marques and Marta Morgado (University of Minho) will show how Open Journal Systems (OJS) is used to support the entire editorial workflow – from submission and peer review to publication –  in the two platforms and how it contributes to interoperability, visibility, and the adoption of Open Science practices in Portuguese journals.

At the invitation of the Office of the Vice-Rector for Scientific Research and Development, Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will visit the University of Banja Luka to deliver three workshops for librarians and journal editors, and to participate in a panel discussion on open science.

The workshops will address:

EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator Milica Ševkušić will run a session on Digital and AI tools for peer reviewers at the training course, ‘Peer review in the era of open and reproducible science: New challenges and opportunities’. 

Ugne Lipeikaite, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme Impact Manager, will attend the Internet Society Foundation’s Strengthening Communities/Improving Lives and Livelihoods (SCILLS) programme regional meeting of projects in Ghana and Senegal. She will represent the Digital Learning @ Ghana Public Libraries project, implemented by EIFL, the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) and TechSoup, with support from the SCILLS programme.

EIFL staff member, Jevgenija Sevcova, will travel to Laos to provide five days of training for teachers and students at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences (FLP) at the National University of Laos. Training will cover content, navigation and use of the FLP E-Library in teaching, learning and research. In addition, Sevcova will deliver a public lecture, giving an overview of the E-Library.

The programme is as follows:

This call closed on 10 November. Winners will be announced early in the New Year (2026).

Growing numbers of public libraries are incorporating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) activities in their services and programmes. 

STEAM is a learning approach that stimulates curiosity and creativity, and builds skills that are useful for education, work and day-to-day life, like problem solving, critical thinking, communications and collaboration, while simultaneously developing learners' knowledge of STEAM subjects. 

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, will talk about EIFL's global support in promoting open access and open science at the international conference, Open science and the infrastructure of scientific information in Albania. The conference is organized by the Center for the Coordination and Dissemination of Scientific Information (QKPISH), Academy of Sciences of Albania. in cooperation with Institute of Information Science – IZUM – Slovenia. 

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, will speak at the Europe–Africa Research Cooperation and Open Science conference that will explore how open science can bridge Africa–Europe research gaps and contribute to a fair and inclusive knowledge ecosystem.

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, will participate in the EC’s Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) expert mission on Ukraine’s the National Open Science Plan.

Join us for this webinar focusing on practical implementation of Open Journal Systems (OJS) at two university presses: the University of Johannesburg Press and the Revistes científiques de la Universitat de Barcelona (RCUB).

The presentations will focus on  publishing multilingual journals, configuring the Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network and Reviewer Credits plugins, ensuring a complete ISSN Agency record through OJS and updating copyright metadata (if needed). 

Presenters

Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique / National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) in Morocco has initiated a project to upgrade the Moroccan Scientific Journals Portal that hosts over a hundred Diamond open access journals. 

The Moroccan Scientific Journals Portal (PRSM) offers Moroccan and international researchers an open-access digital publishing service for their research. This platform manages the entire editorial process, including article submission, peer review, and online publication.

The East African Association of Neurological Surgeons (EAANS), based in Nairobi, Kenya, has initiated a project to improve production and editorial processes, and strengthen the visibility and impact of its official journal, the East African Journal of Neurological Sciences (EAJNS).

The Institute for African Alternatives (IFAA), based in Cape Town, South Africa, has initiated a project to improve the quality and sustainability of its flagship Diamond open access journal, New Agenda.

The focus of New Agenda encompasses South African, African and international developments in social and economic research and policy.

Jimma University in Ethiopia has initiated a project to strengthen the sustainability and improve the quality of three scholarly Diamond open access journals that it publishes: the Gadaa Journal, the Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and Language Studies, and the Ethiopian Journal of Education and Sciences.

The Laboratoire de botanique et Ecologie Végétale, based at the University of Lomé in Togo, has initiated a project that will strengthen the editorial and technical capacity of the Revue Ecosystèmes et Paysages by adopting an easy-to-use publication platform, acquiring equipment suitable for editing and publishing, adjusting procedures and workflows, training the journal's staff and editorial board and developing a sustainability strategy.

The Kenya Library and Information Services Consortium (KLISC) has initiated a project to improve technical, editorial and management capacity of its official publication, the KLISC Journal of Information Science & Knowledge Management. KLISC is EIFL’s partner library consortium in Kenya. 

The Institute of Accountancy Arusha in Tanzania has initiated a project to significantly improve the quality, operational resilience and long-term sustainability of the Journal of Informatics through a strategic mix of capacity building, technical enhancement, and financial stabilization.

The Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) library in Kenya has initiated a project to boost the operational and financial sustainability of the Multidisciplinary Journal of Technical University of Mombasa (MJTUM) by upgrading the management platform of the journal and building the capacity of the journal’s management and editorial teams. 

Gabès Higher Institute of Management / Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Gabès in Tunisia has initiated a project that will help to secure a long term future for the bilingual (English / French) peer-reviewed Diamond open access Journal of Academic Finance by ensuring its sustainability, while continuing to improve its quality, impact and visibility. 

In this article, Tetiana Yaroshenko, EIFL Country Coordinator in Ukraine, traces the history and growth of open access and open science in the country over the years. She shines a light on how the international scientific community, including publishers, continued to support Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in 2022, significantly expanding access to knowledge and enabling Ukrainian scholars to continue to research and publish.