Institutional Repositories and Libraries in
Nigeria: Interrogating the Nexus

dc.creator	Ifijeh, Goodluck, Adebayo, Oyeronke, Izuagbe, Roland, Olawoyin, Olajumoke R.
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2025-04-04T16:11:02Z
dc.description	Institutional repositories (IRs) are emerging trends in scholarly discourse among members of the academic community in Nigeria. Global practice shows that many IRs are administered by librarians in the academia. This article examines the nexus between libraries and IRs. It observed that though the emergence of IRs holds great advantage for academic institutions, many Nigerian institutions, especially universities, do not have functional IRs because of the inability of their libraries to run them. The article further identifies the digital divide, inadequate financing, the lack of ICT skills and awareness as well as copyright issues as challenges inhibiting the establishment and management of IRs in Nigeria. Recommendations are made for dealing with the identified challenges.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.identifier	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/13615/
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/43605
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	IGI Global Online
dc.subject	Z665 Library Science. Information Science
dc.title	Institutional Repositories and Libraries in Nigeria: Interrogating the Nexus
dc.type	Book Section

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