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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 …