Status and challenges of institutional repositories in university libraries in South-East Nigeria: Implications for visibility and ranking of Nigerian universities
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This study investigated the status and challenges of developing institutional repositories in Nigerian university libraries and the influence on their rankings. It adopted a survey research design carried out in South-East Nigeria. Twenty three universities comprising of 10 publicly funded universities and 13 funded by private and faith-based organizations. Instrument for data collections were structured questionnaire, interview, and analysis of relevant websites. Findings showed among others that the universities were at different levels of implementation of IR; only 26 % of the universities have fully implemented IR. Majority of the libraries lack ICT infrastructure and skilled staff for adoption of institutional repositories; and D-Space is most popular software used. The study also revealed that universities with functional repositories have better ranking nationally and globally.
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The Journal of Academic Librarianship, an international and refereed journal, publishes articles that focus on problems and issues germane to college and university libraries. JAL provides a forum for authors to present research findings and, where applicable, their practical applications and significance; analyze policies, practices, issues, and trends; speculate about the future of academic librarianship; present analytical bibliographic essays and philosophical treatises. JAL also brings to the attention of its readers information about hundreds of new and recently published books in library and information science, management, scholarly communication, and higher education. JAL, in addition, covers management and discipline-based software and information policy developments.
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