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Institutional Repositories And Library Services In Nigerian Universities, Godwin Otu
Institutional Repositories And Library Services In Nigerian Universities, Godwin Otu
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study examines the value and potential pitfalls of establishing an IR, as well as the roles that librarians and authors play in its effective maintenance. In the modern era of electronic publishing, universities and other academic institutions have come to see the importance of having an institutional repository (IR) as part of their intellectual dissemination infrastructure. An IR is an online repository of academic resources that serves as a repository for the intellectual capital of a university or other organization. It's a way to manage the digital scholarship created by its community members before, during, and after publication, all …
Institutional Repositories For Higher Educational Institutions: A New Opportunity For Academic Libraries, Taher Hussain Khan Mr.
Institutional Repositories For Higher Educational Institutions: A New Opportunity For Academic Libraries, Taher Hussain Khan Mr.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Digital information created for pedagogical and research purposes is gaining traction, and there is a growing interest within academic institutions to gather, archive, and provide value-added services based on this content. The term "institutional repository" refers to a novel system for storing and sharing digital academic works produced by students and teachers at different educational institutions. It was conceived as a solution to the issues plaguing the present model of scholarly communication, which is dominated by for-profit journal publishers and suppliers. Libraries will need to hire librarians with knowledge of digital collection management and the Open Archive Information System (OAIS) …
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 …