Tanzania: OA repositories and policies making impact

Paul Muneja, Librarian at the University of Dar Es Salaam and EIFL Open Access Coordinator in Tanzania discusses the importance of institutional open access repositories to the research community in Tanzania. Questionning the past and the processes leading to change, he highlights EIFL’s role in driving change and sketches the future plans for open science in his country, based on this paper  Knowledge and practices of open science among scholars and researchers in Tanzania published in 2023.