Electronic Information for Libraries

not-for-profit working with libraries for access to knowledge in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America
Organization organization Q1326085
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Summary

Electronic Information for Libraries is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Electronic Information for Libraries was a member of Confederation of Open Access Repositories[3].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries was a member of Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS)[4].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries was a member of International Coalition of Library Consortia[5].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries was a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association[6].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries was a member of African Library and Information Associations and Institutions[7].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries was a member of UNESCO Global Open Science Partnership[8].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries is in the country of Netherlands[9].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's instance of is recorded as organization[10].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's headquarters location is recorded as Vilnius[11].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's headquarters location is recorded as Nieuwegein[12].
  • 1999 marks the founding of Electronic Information for Libraries[13].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's official website is recorded as https://eifl.net[14].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's sponsor is recorded as Open Society Foundations[15].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's participant in is recorded as THE OPENAIRE2020 PROJECT[16].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's participant in is recorded as OA Switchboard[17].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Knowledge without boundaries'}[18].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's legal form is recorded as stichting[19].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EIFL'}[20].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's interested in is recorded as open access[21].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5390'}[22].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's official observer status in organization is recorded as World Intellectual Property Organization[23].

Body

Founding

1999 marks the founding of Electronic Information for Libraries[13].

Identity

Electronic Information for Libraries's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EIFL'}[20].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Vilnius[11], a city[24], in Lithuania[25], founded in 1201[26] and Nieuwegein[12], a municipality of the Netherlands[27], in Netherlands[28], founded in 1971[29].

Why It Matters

Electronic Information for Libraries ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . anbi.nl. Retrieved . anbi.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . eifl.net. eifl.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . eifl.net. eifl.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . perma.cc. Retrieved . perma.cc. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . eifl.net. Retrieved . eifl.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . oaswitchboard.org. Retrieved . oaswitchboard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . eifl.net. Retrieved . eifl.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wipo.int. wipo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 8D13-398C-C2C2-8D11-A3D3
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → THE OPENAIRE2020 PROJECT, OA Switchboard
    P14541 → 3iZS2N
    Instance of → organization
    Legal form → stichting
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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