The paper seeks to evaluate the creation and use of Open Access Institutional Repository (IR) at the University of Jos. The repository was launched in June 2019 and was the first Institutional Repository in Nigeria. Using a mix method of Interview, observation, and focus group meetings, the research aims at providing empirical evidence for the acceptability, use and development of IR in the...
Sub-Theme: Applications and Services (Cloud Services and Collaboration Tools, Trust and Identity, Cybersecurity)
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National Repository to bring Researchers’ Work into Spotlight: The Ethiopian Attempt as an example to Link Universities and Research Centers with the National Repository
The Ethiopian Ministry of Education is introducing institutional repositories at all...
Academic libraries are faced with the challenge of continually providing the knowledge resources needed to support teaching, learning, and research in the host institutions. These resources in whatever form they come must be organized, made discoverable and made easily accessible to the consumers in an effective manner while making it possible for the knowledge experts (librarians) and...
Results of the survey of the Ubuntunet Alliance countries as part of the three regional LIBSENSE workshops aimed at capturing a landscape view of librarians’ roles in managing/operating Open Access repositories in Africa.
The results of these surveys and the discussions emerging from the workshops will, together, form the basis for a framework of key policy and capacity building actions and...
