What is it about?
The purpose of this paper is to assess the current status of Institutional Repository (IR) and scholarly communications (SC) in Nigeria. It also deliberates the benefits of IRs including how it can help libraries in Nigeria to reduce the cost of purchasing articles and journals.
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Why is it important?
The finding shows that Nigeria currently has 20 IRs listed in the OpenDOAR and tops the list of journals listed in the Africa Journals Online (AJOL) with 221 journal titles followed by South Africa with 96. Of the 221 Nigerian journals listed in AJOL, only 70 are open access journals
Perspectives
This paper is an expression of opinion about current status of SC and particularly IRs in Nigeria. It is not based on any formal methodology. It will be useful for librarians, academic staff and academic institutions generally, especially in developing countries where IRs are still in a developmental stage. Therefore, some of the general recommendations may not be as relevant for those institutions with well-established and flourishing IRs.
David Oguche
Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
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This page is a summary of: The state of institutional repositories and scholarly communication in Nigeria, Global Knowledge Memory and Communication, February 2018, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/gkmc-04-2017-0033.
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