Text in English / The study investigated the usage of Open Access Institutional Repositories (OAIR)
in university libraries in Ghana to develop a strategy on how the usage of OAIR in
university libraries in Ghana may be enhanced. The study adopted the Technology
Acceptance Model (TAM), which was then modified to fit the study. Accessibility,
availability and visibility were proposed in addition to the conventional variables of
TAM to improve the fit between the data and the theoretical model. Pragmatism
paradigm, mixed methods research approach and convergent parallel mixed method
design (survey and case study designs) was used for the study. Simple random
sampling, stratified random sampling, purposive sampling techniques and the
sample size converter were the sampling procedures and methods employed.
A total of nine hundred and ninety-eight (998) respondents completed the
questionnaires distributed, but for the qualitative phase twelve (12) OAIR managers
were purposively selected. The questionnaire and interview guide were used as
research instruments to gather relevant data for the study. Descriptive statistics
(frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multinomial logistic regression and CFA using SEM) were used as statistical tools to
analyse quantitative data and thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data.
The study revealed that there was a low level of OAIR usage in universities among
academic staff, notwithstanding the high level of understanding of OAIR. This was
evident in the number of research work uploaded onto the OAIR by the OAIR team.
Inadequate advocacy, ICT connectivity, infrastructure, funding, power supply,
insufficient technological skills, institutional repository policy, absence of incentives,
institutional culture and politics and copyright issues were the challenges facing the
usage of OAIR in university libraries in Ghana.
The study concluded that advocacy, policies, software and staffing enshrined in an
institutional guideline on OAIR would enhance OAIR usage. The study developed an
OAIR Usage Model and OAIR User Manual, which would be very instrumental in the
usage of OAIR in university libraries in Ghana. The model will enhance user
satisfaction and intention to reuse the OAIR and making OAIR research outputs
available, accessible and visible. The manual specifies the contents and documentsaccepted by the OAIR and ensuring the quality of documents archived. / Information Science / D. Litt. et Phil. (Information Science)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/26689 |
| Date | 01 1900 |
| Creators | Kodua-Ntim, Kwame |
| Contributors | Fombad, Madeleine C. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource : (xxii, 314 leaves; illustrations, maps), application/pdf |
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