Faculty Acceptance to Archive in Nigerian Institutional Repositories: A Review

Ifijeh, Goodluck and Ilo, Promise Ifeoma and Asaolu, Aderonke Olufunke and Iwu-James, Juliana and Segun-Adeniran, Chidi D. (2019) Faculty Acceptance to Archive in Nigerian Institutional Repositories: A Review. JOURNAL OF ARCHIVAL ORGANIZATION. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1533-2756

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Abstract

Institutional repositories (IRs) are gaining popularity globally.This paper examined the trend in a developing country—Nigeria. It reviewed and outlined the historical developmentof IRs and noted their low level implementation in the coun�try. It also reviewed the role of faculty (authors) in IRs implementation. The paper identified faculty unwillingness to archive their publications in their IRs as a major inhibition to the growth of IRs in Nigeria. It, therefore, examined factors that influence faculty acceptance to archive in IRs with a view of ameliorating the challenge and encouraging IRs growth in the country. The paper also recommended awareness creation, advocacy programs, training on copyrights and correct refer�encing and citation formats, as well introduction of incentives geared towards motivating faculty to archive their publication in IRs.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Institutional repositories; Nigeria; faculty; digital archiving; copyrights; plagiarism
Subjects:	Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	AKINWUMI
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2023 14:23
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2023 14:23
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/17252

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