Electronic Information for Libraries

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Electronic Information for Libraries

Summary

Electronic Information for Libraries is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 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 logo image is recorded as EIFL Logo.png[11].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's headquarters location is recorded as Vilnius[12].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's headquarters location is recorded as Nieuwegein[13].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's ISNI is recorded as 0000000106876327[14].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131727064[15].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2007039997[16].
  • +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Electronic Information for Libraries[17].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gblry[18].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2007414013[19].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's official website is recorded as https://eifl.net[20].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's sponsor is recorded as Open Society Foundations[21].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as nl/34186245[22].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's participant in is recorded as THE OPENAIRE2020 PROJECT[23].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's participant in is recorded as OA Switchboard[24].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Knowledge without boundaries'}[25].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's legal form is recorded as stichting[26].
  • Electronic Information for Libraries's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EIFL'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1999-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Electronic Information for Libraries[17].

Identity

Electronic Information for Libraries's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'EIFL'}[27].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Vilnius[12], a city[28], in Lithuania[29], founded in 1201[30] and Nieuwegein[13], a municipality of the Netherlands[31], in Netherlands[32], founded in 1971[33].

Why It Matters

Electronic Information for Libraries ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . eifl.net. eifl.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . eifl.net. eifl.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . perma.cc. Retrieved . perma.cc. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [8] . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . eifl.net. Retrieved . eifl.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . oaswitchboard.org. Retrieved . oaswitchboard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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