Open Access Institutional Repository in Academic and Research Institutions in Nigeria

December 2008
Open Access Repositories in Academic and Research Institutions in Nigeria International Development Research Centre Gideon Emcee Christian

The Outline
Introduction
State of applied/scholarly research
State of academic publishing
Issues affecting the development of IR
Alternative publishing agreements (APA)
Conclusion and Recommendation

Introduction Open Access Defined Gideon Emcee Christian (2008) Free online access to scholarly research “ Gold Road” “ Green Road” Open Access Journals Open Access Institutional Repositories (IR ) www.Opendoar.org www.roar.eprints.org/ www.doaj.org

State of applied/scholarly research National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) 1923 Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) 1939 West African Cocoa Research Institution (WACRI) 1950 International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) 1967 And others

Universities in Nigeria Source: National University Commission

Classification of federal universities
1st Generation
Universities of Benin, Ibadan, Lagos, Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello University and Obafemi Awolowo University
2 nd Generation
Universities of Ilorin, Jos, Maiduguri, Calabar, Uthman Danfodio University and Bayaro University
3 rd Generation
specialized universities of technologies and agriculture

The state of academic publishing Source: www.ajol.info

Why do researchers publish? Source: Gideon Emcee Christian (2008)

Level of Familiarity with open access IR Source: Gideon Emcee Christian (2008)

Issues affecting the development of IR in Nigeria
Lack of knowledge of open access
Inadequate ICT infrastructure
Inadequate Funding
Inadequate advocacy

Lack of knowledge of open access? Source: Gideon Emcee Christian (2008)

The South African Experience
Open Access was introduced by eIFL & SASLI in 2004
Addressed the issue of awareness through series of workshops and hands-on-training
SA Developed 14 IRs within 4years
Has the highest no. of IR in Africa
Similar approach should be adopted in Nigeria

1 st International Workshop on Open Access Repositories in Nigeria 28 th – 29 th April, 2008

Inadequate ICT infrastructure? Source: Gideon Emcee Christian (2008)

Internet bandwidth
Internet bandwidth in Nigeria cost about $4000 per Mpbs/Month.
Some universities pay $10,000 a month for same internet bandwidth that will cost a consumers in Europe and North America less $100 a month.
Use of satellite bandwidth as opposed to much cheaper optic fibre infrastructure responsible for cost.
Bandwidth Consortium (BWC) subsidizes the cost of internet bandwidth in selected African universities.

Electricity power supply
Nigeria produces about 2,500 megawatts a day of electricity – 10x less than its daily need.
Nigeria losses about N66b ($555m) annually as a result of incessant power outage.
Server for National virtual library project located in UK due to erratic power supply in Nigeria.
Server for IITA’s IR located in UK due to erratic power supply in Nigeria.

Inadequate Funding? Source: Gideon Emcee Christian (2008)

Inadequate advocacy? Source: Gideon Emcee Christian (2008)

Analysis Source: Gideon Emcee Christian (2008)

Managing IP rights
Alternative Publishing Agreements (APA)
SHERPA/RoMEO policies
More than 95% of the respondents are not aware of the SHERPA/RoMEO policies

Conclusion & Recommendation
Lack of awareness and advocacy?
Adopt the South African model
Inadequate ICT connectivity and infrastructure?
Subsidize the cost of internet bandwidth in HEI
Development of/and open access to international optic fibre infrastructures
Inadequate funding ?
alternative sources of funding other than govt
Copyright management
Use alternative publishing agreements

Questions and Comment
Full version of research paper will be available for free download on the IDRC Open Access Digital Library after December 31 st 2008 (http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/)
Abridged version will be published in an open access journal early 2009
Gideon Emcee Christian [email_address] [email_address]

Acknowledgement
Khaled Fourati
Heloise Emdon
Michael Clarke
Genevieve Lefebvre
Alexandra Eustache
The ACACIA Team
Rita Bowry
Jean-Claude Dumais
and the others

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