Local contents and the development of open access institutional repositories in Nigeria University libraries: Challenges, strategies and scholarly implications

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 323-340

  Ezema, Ifeanyi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Collections management; Institutional repositories; Local contents; Nigeria; Open access; Scholarly communication; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879977910     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378831311329086     Document Type: Article

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