Enabling Institutional Digital Repository for Scholarly Communication in Nigeria
Abubakar Mohammed, Aminu Garba
International Journal of Information Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2014.
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Link: https://www.dline.info/ijis/fulltext/v6n1/ijisv6n1_1.pdf
Abstract:
In the recent years due to the growth of information and communication technology (ICT) and electronic publishing the scholarly communication has gained momentum and reach the whole sections of the society either directly or
indirectly. The trend indicates that it has positive implications for the majority of the society. The development of Internet
technology has also provided academic and research institutions with a very high level of visibility on the web. As a result,
teaching, learning and research is widely improved in the global society today. Open access institutional repository has become one of the ICT avenues through which academic and research communities make their research results and findings available to their peers. The paper examines the state of Institutional Digital Repository in Nigeria. General benefits
provided by Institutional Digital Repository which includes providing an infrastructure for preservation of digital content, lowering the barrier to document distribution, creating a centralized digital showcase in which research, teaching, and scholarship can be highlighted, and facilitating wider distribution are given, and also identify Institutional Digital Repository
as a panacea for Scholarly Communication. Impediments such as insufficient finance, inadequate manpower, lack of power
are among the several problems that are brought to the fore of this discussion. It is recommendations that workshops, seminar
and, conference should be organised on interval basis; massive investment on ICT infrastructure of libraries should be prioritized by relevant bodies, adequate Internet bandwidth should be made available among others.