• Academic Repository As A Resource For Effective Students Academic Work

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    • Institutional repositories also known as digital libraries serve to provide services that support users in their tasks. This study investigates the usage of the digital resources and repository system in an academic institution of higher learning.
      The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of the digital repositories as a resource for an effective students’ academic work using the “Kubanni” repository and students of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria as our case study. We analysed the usage of the digital repository from the user perspective of effectiveness, efficiency, satisfaction, and awareness construct. Ultimately, it will find out the extent to which the users are utilizing the resources, barriers that exist and the options that exist to help increase usage. The study engaged 200 users of the system. It is a mixed research that used both qualitative and quantitative data. 200 postgraduate students were used as our case study.


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    • CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMDigital information resources have carved an important place in academic institutions who offer information materials and services online to reach their expanding user base wherever they are. The services range from e-resources to digital libraries and include social media such as face book and twitter.Many challenges exist in the Digital resources and digital repositories which are in the library domain. They range from technical, legal, organizational as w ... Continue reading---