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Digital Repository For Public Archives: The Public Records And Archives Administration Department Of Ghana In Focus, Angela Berkoh Angela Berkoh, Harry Akussah Akussah, Noah Darko-Adjei
Digital Repository For Public Archives: The Public Records And Archives Administration Department Of Ghana In Focus, Angela Berkoh Angela Berkoh, Harry Akussah Akussah, Noah Darko-Adjei
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
There is increased growth of digital repositories the world over. Many libraries, academic institutions, governmental and archival institutions are establishing and implementing institutional repositories. In Ghana, despite the growth of institutional repositories in some of the universities, the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD), which holds the country’s cultural heritage and history still, manages manual records. Day in and day out archives in their custody deteriorate due to frequent handling and the bad state in which the repositories are. There are no backups for the documents, thus, the archives that deteriorate beyond repairs are completely lost to future generations. …
Open Digital Repositories: Prospects Of African Countries Within The Global Information Space, John I. Ogungbeni, Amaka R. Obiamalu Mrs., Kingsley U. Obiora Mr.
Open Digital Repositories: Prospects Of African Countries Within The Global Information Space, John I. Ogungbeni, Amaka R. Obiamalu Mrs., Kingsley U. Obiora Mr.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study examines the contributions of African countries to open digital repositories in the world information space. Two online directories of open digital repositories were used as data sources. The OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories listing 3,670 repositories as at 6th January, 2019. The Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) is a directory of 4,580 institutional repositories and their contents as at 7th January, 2019. Extracted data were analysed using quantitative techniques and presented in tabular and pictorial formats to reveal findings in accordance with desired objectives. The results revealed that Dspace is …
Digital Repositories In Ecology And Environment: An Analytical Study, Midhat Mehraj, Ikhlaq Ur Rehman, Shohar Bano
Digital Repositories In Ecology And Environment: An Analytical Study, Midhat Mehraj, Ikhlaq Ur Rehman, Shohar Bano
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The present study aims to identify the status of Open Access Repositories (OARs) in the field of Ecology and Environment. The data was collected from the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR). Data collected was analysed on different parameters such as geographical distribution, software usage, content type, repository type and language diversity. As of now OpenDOAR holds 176 repositories in the field of Ecology and Environment. The findings further reveal that the maximum number of repositories belong to the USA accounting for 18(10.2%). Also, the maximum number of repositories are institutional accounting for 134(76%).