Awareness and Attitudes of Faculty Members towards Developing Institutional Repository in Federal University, Kashere Gombe State Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigates the awareness and attitudes of faculty members towards depositing scholarly information resources in institutional repository of Federal University Kashere Library. A survey design was employed for the study. The population of the study consists of 415 faculty members, with sample size of 250 respondents and the instrument used in data collection was questionnaire. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed but 236 (94.4%) were returned duly filled. The study reveals that the faculty members under study are aware of the institutional repository but majority of them have not deposited their scholarly resources in the institutional repository. Many faculty members were very much interested in contributing course materials, dissertations and conference / seminars proceedings than scholarly journal articles, pre-prints/post prints and books in the future. The study recommends that the University management should encourage faculty members to contribute to the institutional repository by providing some incentives such as acknowledgment, provide sufficient research grants, and sponsor lecturers to attend conferences, seminars and workshops. Make contribution to the institutional repository as an institutional mandate. University Library should organize orientation programmes, seminars and workshops at regular intervals to create awareness on the benefits and effective use of institutional repository.

Keywords: Institutional Repository, Awareness, Attitudes, Faculty Member, Scholarly Information Resources, Library, Nigeria.