Facilitating conditions and institutional repository sustainability by librarians in public university libraries in Nigeria
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2023-11-02
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Digital Library Perspectives - Emerald Publishers
Abstract
Purpose – This study aims to investigate the facilitating conditions (FCs) and how these FC affect
institutional repository (IR) sustainability practices in public universities in Nigeria.
Design/methodology/approach – A survey research design was adopted in this study. The study
population comprised 542 librarians from public universities that have IRs across Nigeria. A sample size of
230 librarians was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to
select the respondents in three stages, which were purposive, stratified and purposive sampling. A structured,
validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential
(simple and multiple regression) statistics at a 5% level of significance.
Findings – The result revealed that the availability of FCs (ßeta ¼ 0.459, t(211) ¼ 7.719, p ¼ 0.000) has a
positive and significant influence on IR sustainability in public university libraries in Nigeria. The F-test
(1, 223) value of 59.582 shows that there is sufficient evidence to substantiate the model’s usefulness in
explaining IR sustainability. The R2 (0.211) indicates that 21.1% of the variation in IR sustainability is
explained by the availability of FCs in public university libraries in Nigeria. The finding suggests that the
availability of FCs is a vital predictor of IR sustainability in public university libraries in Nigeria. The result
also depicts that out of the eight parameters that measure the availability of FCs, it was current awareness of
IR that had a positive and significant influence on IR sustainability.
Originality/value – This study concluded that ICT skills and FCs are contributory factors to IR
sustainability practices by librarians in public university libraries in Nigeria. It was recommended that
university administrators formulate policies that promote the sustainability of IR and provide adequate funds
to support IR sustainability. Furthermore, the library management in public university libraries in Nigeria
should drive content recruitment and create awareness of the IRs among students and faculty to ensure
continued use.
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Academic librarians,, Facilitating conditions,, ICT skills,, Institutional repository sustainability practices,, Public university libraries