Over the last few years there has been increase in awareness of the importance of
institutional repositories (IRs) in scholarly communication in tertiary institutions. However …

This research was designed to evaluate the Lecturers of University of Jos knowledge on
Institutional Repository, awareness of existence of University of Jos Institutional Repository …

The study investigated use of Institutional Repositories (IRs) among lecturers in Nigerian
Universities. It examined the level of awareness, frequency of use, preferred archiving …

This study was carried out to ascertain the attitudes of academics concerning the utilization
of institutional repositories (IRs) in Nigerian universities. The study took the form of a …

This paper focused on the role of institutional repositories in enhancing the academic
visibility of faculty members in Nigerian university community. It began with a brief …

The study explored the adoption and use of institutional repositories among postgraduate
students in Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and Sokoine University of …

Institutional repositories (IRs) present platform to disseminate research findings to
complement the traditional scholarly communication model. The use of IRs is beneficial to …

Scholars and researchers have increasingly expressed dissatisfaction with the existing
model of scholarly communication such as high subscription prices for journals, heightened …

Institutional repository (IR) has the potential of increasing the visibility, prestige, ranking and
public value of researchers and universities. Despite the potential benefits associated with …

Abstract Institutional Repositories (IRs) have become essential infrastructures for freely
disseminating scholarly output to researchers' world over without any access barriers. IRs …