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Are you participating in OAWeek 2021? (You can update this later): Yes--definitely!

First name: Gilda Given

Last name: Silayo

Organization/institution name: University of Dar es Salaam

Type of institution: Academic Institution

What's your position?: Librarian, Student

What's the level of OA awareness where you are?: High

What are your goals for OA Week?: Creating Awareness on Open Access issues to different individuals like university students in Dar es Salaam University institution in Tanzania.

How did you hear of the OA Week site?: From open access week website

Gilda Given Silayo's Blog

A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access by Peter Suber

Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of

most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the

internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.

OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives

for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance. Just…

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Posted on October 22, 2017 at 8:05am