The Nigerian institutional repositories: Opportunities and barriers

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dc.contributor.authorAKINLADE Omolara
dc.contributor.authorADEYEMI Johnson Adetunji
dc.contributor.authorAPPAH Helen Duosekeh
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-22T13:14:11Z
dc.date.available2025-01-22T13:14:11Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-29
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on the Nigerian Institutional Repositories: Opportunities and barriers. To elicit the necessary information, a literature review of studies done on Institutional Repositories was carried out. Researcher’s personal experiences and observation methods were also employed in the course of this study. The paper gives an overview of Institutional Repositories in Nigeria. It highlighted opportunities in Institutional Repositories that institutions and scholars can exploit such as opening up output of an institution to a worldwide audience, boosting institution prestige, increasing the visibility and citation impact of institution scholarships and preserving the institution scholarship etc. Some of the issues identified in this which adversely militate against the development of Institutional Repository in the country are lack of awareness of open access, Institutional Repositories, inadequate information and communication technology infrastructure, inadequate advocacy for open access, copyright issue, technological obsolescence and deterioration of media etc. This paper establishes that there are challenges militating against the Institutional Repositories in Nigeria which demands immediate attention. However, solutions are proffered, which can help in ameliorating the challenges raised.
dc.identifier.citationAdetunji JA, Appah HD, Akinlade OO, Bribena EI (2017). The Nigerian institutional repositories: Opportunities and barriers. Acad. J. Educ. Res. 5(10): 298-305
dc.identifier.doi10.15413/ajer.2017.0936
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.bellsuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/400
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademia Journal of Educational Research
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAcademia Journal of Educational Research; 5(10)
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectInstitutional repository
dc.subjectOpen Access
dc.subjectOpportunities and Barriers
dc.titleThe Nigerian institutional repositories: Opportunities and barriers
dc.typeArticle

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