Perception and Attitude towards the Use of Institutional Repositories of Lecturers in Public Universities in Anambra State

Abstract

The study investigated the perception and attitude towards the use of Institutional Repositories (IRs) of public university lecturers in Anambra State. Two research objectives and two research questions guided the study. Two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A population of 1,747 lecturers from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (both the Uli and Igbariam campuses), and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka was used. Multistage sampling was used to select a sample size of 349 lecturers from the population. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire, which was validated by three experts, and the reliability was tested using 20 lecturers from Taraba State University, Jalingo. The research questions were answered using mean scores and standard deviation, while the hypotheses postulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistic. Findings from the study revealed among others that; there is a significant difference between the mean rating of male and female university lecturers on the perception of lecturers towards the use of IRs; and no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female university lecturers on the attitude of lecturers towards the use of IRs in public universities in Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that university management should intensify efforts in creating an avenue to educate the lecturers about IRs to have proper knowledge, perception, and attitude toward the use of IRs.