An instant library is helping universities in Myanmar connect to the wider world as the country emerges from decades of military dictatorship. Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL), with financial backing from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), has implemented elibraries at the University of Mandalay and the University of Yangon. This will give students access to a wealth of digitized materials. Susanna Lob, EIFL licensing program manager, is responsible for managing the elibrary project. She says students and others at the two universities will be able to access more than 10,000 full-text, peer-reviewed journals and 130,000-plus academic ebooks. She says there will be access to "other valuable materials including the full text of newspapers from around the world, statistical datasets, dictionaries and reference works, and practical guidance on best practice in research methods."
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