EIFL and OpenEdition have renewed their agreement for the OpenEdition Freemium collection of journals for one year, extending access until December 2027. Under the renewed agreement, libraries in 28 countries will continue to benefit from free access to 186 journals along with 17 additional titles.
Approximately 80% of the journals are published in French, with others available in English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The publications can be accessed in HTML, PDF, and ePub formats without digital rights management restrictions.
The OpenEdition Freemium Journals package covers the humanities, social sciences, and related fields. The journals are produced by more than 140 publishers, universities, university presses, learned societies, research centers, and organizations.
OpenEdition is a French public, non‑profit initiative supported by major research institutions. Its mission is to promote and disseminate research in the humanities and social sciences by advancing open scholarly communication.
Eligible countries under the agreement include Armenia, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, North Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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