Vol. 9(8), pp. 373-379. August, 2021. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2021315

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

The article investigated institutional repository for academic output in Universities, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted in the study. The study population comprise of all the 5,639-academic staff in the eight South-West universities that have IRs. 373 sample size was used for the study via Slovin’s sampling formula for the determination of the sample size; while the simple random sampling technique was used to select and administer the study instrument to respondents. Data subsequently collected from 254 respondents through a self-structured questionnaire via Google form online were analyzed using descriptive statistics (simple percentage and mean/standard deviation) to answer the study research questions via SPSS version 20.0 to arrive at the following major findings: level of academic staff output is low, likewise IR awareness among academic staff in South-West Universities due to several challenges upon which recommendations were made; to include the urgent need for the universities management to seek avenues to increase IRs awareness among academic staff to spur high usage for the improvement of their academic productivity outcomes and visibility in the global academic environment.

 

Keywords: Institutional Repository, Academic Staff, Output, South-West, Nigeria.

 

	Cite This Article As: Adeyanju, E. O., Urhiewhu, L.O., Onyenania, G.O. ((2021). Institutional Repository for Academic Output in Universities, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 9(8): 373-379