Institutional Repositories in Universities in Nigeria

Abstract

The desire of academic institutions to link up to the virtual repository is a global phenomenon. Traditional scholarly publication through established journals characterized by peer review is being challenged by less formal net-based communication that links scholars essentially instantaneously. The contention is that universities need to preserve the benefits of the old system, in which the review process provides cohesion to a given field, while taking advantage of the speed and ease of access promised by the new media. This paper explores the Nigerian situation as it pertains to universities. The paper is basically descriptive and relies mostly on empirical evidences. It was revealed that because of the opportunities created by this new innovation, there is a burning and widespread desire to latch on this opportunity to increase the visibility of their intellectual output and productivity in the universities. The universities also face challenges in this respect which includes poor technology infrastructure, inadequate funding and lack of awareness amongst others. It is believed that if progress made so far is sustained with improvements on challenges the development, management and deployment of IRs will record tremendous success in universities in Nigeria.

Empirical validation of IR sustainability model: leveraging on a PLS-SEM approach

“…The landmark meeting for Open Archive Initiatives held by the Open Society Institute in Budapest, Hungary, 2001, resulted in diversification of the terms Green OA and Golden OA to denote both self-archiving and OA publishing (Poynder, 2010; Martin, 2022). In 2002, software applications such as Dspace, Eprint, Fedora, etc., were developed as platforms that provide long-term preservation, digital rights management, access control, dissemination, retrieval and flexible publishing capacities for the repositories (Oye et al , 2017). As IRs emerged in 2002, many research institutions launched their repositories globally.…”