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Visibility and Accessibility of Indigenous Knowledge on Open Access Institutional Repositories at Universities in Africa

Visibility and Accessibility of Indigenous Knowledge on Open Access Institutional Repositories at Universities in Africa

Mass Tapfuma, Ruth Hoskins
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522508335|ISBN10: 1522508333|EISBN13: 9781522508342
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0833-5.ch011
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Tapfuma, Mass, and Ruth Hoskins. "Visibility and Accessibility of Indigenous Knowledge on Open Access Institutional Repositories at Universities in Africa." Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries, edited by Patrick Ngulube, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 248-266. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0833-5.ch011

APA

Tapfuma, M. & Hoskins, R. (2017). Visibility and Accessibility of Indigenous Knowledge on Open Access Institutional Repositories at Universities in Africa. In P. Ngulube (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries (pp. 248-266). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0833-5.ch011

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Tapfuma, Mass, and Ruth Hoskins. "Visibility and Accessibility of Indigenous Knowledge on Open Access Institutional Repositories at Universities in Africa." In Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries, edited by Patrick Ngulube, 248-266. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0833-5.ch011

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Abstract

Much research has been done on Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) at African universities but the results are inaccessible as they remain scattered all over in researchers' offices, yet IK plays a significant role in Africa's development. Universities are better placed to consolidate, preserve, disseminate and facilitate easy access to such knowledge. This chapter explores the role that can be played by Institutional Repositories (IRs) in fulfilling this goal. Literature was reviewed to provide a conceptual overview of the role of IRs, to establish the challenges faced by universities in enabling access to IK in institutional repositories and explore strategies that can be employed to promote their use. The findings revealed that academics have not fully embraced the IR technologies; therefore, librarians struggle to secure content for their IRs. It is recommended that rigorous awareness campaigns on open access and IRs be done by librarians to obtain stakeholder buy-in.

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