Elibrary Myanmar Increasing Access to Knowledge for Education and Research

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eLibrary Myanmar Increasing access to knowledge for education and research

Through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project, faculty and students at a growing number of universities in Myanmar now have unrestricted online access to an impressive collection of high quality international journals, e-books and databases for the first time. Extensive training is also being provided to maximize the benefits of the new eLibrary for teaching, learning and research. Funded by the Open Society Foundations Higher Education Support Program, backed by the Ministry of Education, and implemented by EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries), the eLibrary Myanmar project, which began in December 2013, will run for six years until December 2019. Our objectives • Enable access to a comprehensive multidisciplinary package of over 55 international subscription e-resources through effective negotiations with publishers • Increase the skills and capacity of librarians, including IT and information literacy training • Empower librarians to build close links with faculty • Raise awareness amongst faculty, researchers and students about the availability and benefits of e-resources, and improve skills and confidence through training Students at the University of Yangon learn to use online resources made available through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project. • Encourage faculty to embed the use of e-resources in the curriculum • Review national copyright law and provide advice to ensure that revisions support libraries, education and access to knowledge • Support visibility of local research outputs by creating institutional open access repositories • Promote sustainability by encouraging libraries to work together through the Myanmar Academic Libraries Consortium (MALC) Our partner institutions • Dagon University • University of Mandalay • East Yangon University • University of Yangon • Mandalay Technological University • West Yangon University • Mawlamyine University • Yadanabon University • Sittwe University • Yangon Technological University • University of Computer Studies, Mandalay • Yangon University of Economics • University of Computer Studies, Yangon • Yezin Agricultural University June 2018 What’s in the eLibrary? We have licensed more than 55 e-resources including 25,000+ full-text scholarly journals, 265,000+ full-text academic e-books, plus a vast range of other materials. eLibrary Myanmar project partner institutions select e-resources from the list below based on the subjects they cover. To enable faculty and students to cross-search content from multiple e-resources via a single interface, we have also licensed the EBSCO Discovery Service for all partner universities.

Journal and e-book collections • Oxford English Dictionary Online Multidisciplinary • Oxford Quick Reference • Annual Reviews • Oxford Research Encyclopedias • Cambridge Journals Online • Oxford Dictionaries • EBSCO eBook Academic Subscription Collection Business and economics • Edward Elgar eBooks (Development Studies & Law) • EBSCO Business Source Premier • Edward Elgar Journals • EBSCO Econlit • Intellect Journals Collection • IMF eLibrary • JSTOR Education • Oxford Journals Collection • ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) • Oxford Handbooks Online Law • Oxford Scholarship Online • JustCite • SAGE Premier Journals Collection • Justis • Taylor & Francis Online Journal Library • HeinOnline Science, technology and medicine • Investment Claims • ACM Digital Library (abstracts) • LexisNexis • BioOne • Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law • Euclid Prime Collection • Oxford Constitutions of the World • IOPscience • Oxford Legal Research Library • Oxford Medicine Online • Oxford Reports on International Law • Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks • Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law • Royal Society of Chemistry Gold Science, technology and medicine • Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Archive • EBSCO Biological & Agriculture Index Plus • Royal Society Journals Collection • EBSCO Computers & Applied Sciences Complete Social sciences and humanities • EBSCO DynaMed • e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collection • EBSCO eBook Clinical Collection • Journal of Burma Studies • EBSCO eBook Engineering Core Collection • EBSCO eBook IT Core Collection Databases • EBSCO Engineering Source Multidisciplinary • EBSCO Environment Complete • EBSCO Academic Search Premier • EBSCO Medline with Full Text General reference Research methods • Credo Online Reference • SAGE Research Methods • Oxford Bibliographies Online • SAGE Research Methods Cases Find out more at www.eifl.net/elibrarymyanmar Any questions? Please contact Rima Kupryte, Director of EIFL [email protected]