Deposition Mandate to Self-Archiving Practices among Academic Librarians in the Northwestern States of Nigeria: Benefit and Challenges
Deposition Mandate to Self-Archiving Practices among Academic Librarians in the Northwestern States of Nigeria: Benefit and Challenges
| dc.contributor.author | Musa, Aminu Umar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sahabi, Muhammad Kabir | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lawal, Dahiru | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-06T13:44:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-06T13:44:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-05-31 | |
| dc.description | Post-print Journal Article | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The paper examines self-archiving practices among academic librarians in Northwestern States of Nigeria. The population for the study consists of 200 academic librarians in the area covered by the study. A total enumeration technique was adopted as sampling strategy where the entire population was considered as sample. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Out of the 200 copies of questionnaire distributed to the respondents, a total of 174 (87%) were returned duly completed and found useable for the study. The data collected were analyzed descriptively, using frequency distribution tables and percentages. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents publish their research through printed media than electronic. The finding of the study revealed that majority of the respondents indicated their mandate to deposit their intellectual output via institutional repositories and other open access outlets. The study further discovered that the main factors that motivate academic librarians to self-archive their publications was to benefit from varying impact of open access, which includes, wider research visibility, increased citation rate and research collaboration. In addition, the study revealed that low level of awareness about self-archiving practices, lack of institutional policy on self-archiving, perception of Institutional Repository (IR) contents as of lower quality, fear of plagiarism among other were reported as obstacles that affect self-archiving practices. It is therefore, recommended that academic librarians need to encourage university management to formulate policies that would encourage academic staff to self-archive their work in the IR through application of appropriate mechanism for reward and punishment “carrot and stick”. There is also the need for sensitization campaign on publisher licensing clauses and copyright issues. Lastly, academic librarians should also encourage university management to finance, support and promote open access project and initiatives in the institutions covered by the study. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7945 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Self-archiving Practices, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Institutional Repositories, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Open Access, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Academic Librarians, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nigerian Universities. | en_US |
| dc.title | Deposition Mandate to Self-Archiving Practices among Academic Librarians in the Northwestern States of Nigeria: Benefit and Challenges | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |