Open access journal publishing in Ahmadu Bello

Gbaje, Ezra-Shiloba Open access journal publishing in Ahmadu Bello., 2010 . In World Library and Information Congress : 76TH IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Gothenburg (Sweden), 10-15 August 2010. [Conference paper]

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Open Access has been identified as an initiative that can improve access and provide global visibility for research work conducted by researchers and scholars. This study examined scholarly publication, particularly open access journals in Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria. Survey research method was adopted for this study and purposive sampling technique was adopted to collect data using questionnaire from twenty-one chief-editors of scholarly journals published in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. The study revealed, among others that only 2(9.5%) out of the 21(100%) of scholarly journals published in Ahmadu Bello University are open access journals. Lack of awareness of the potentials of open access journals, and concern over copyright issues are some of the challenges identified by the study hindering the adoption and transition of closed journals to open access journals by publishers of scholarly journals in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. This study also highlights some of the strategies that can be adopted to promote open access journals amongst publishers of scholarly journals in Ahmadu Bello University and Nigeria at large.

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	Open Access, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, Open Access Journal
Subjects:	A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AA. Library and information science as a field.
Depositing user:	Ezra S. Gbaje
Date deposited:	28 Nov 2012
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:24
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/18083

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