ADOPTION OF OPEN ACCESS FOR LEARNING AND RESEARCH BY LIBRARY USERS IN FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OFFA
Abstract
This project examined the adoption of open access for learning and research by library users in federal polytechnic Offa. The objectives of the study examined the frequency of usage of open access by the library users for learning and research at Federal Polytechnic Offa Library, determine the types of open access that are used by the library users for learning, find out the benefit of using open access for learning and research by the library users at Federal Polytechnic Offa Library., examine the tools used for open access and adopted by the library user at Federal Polytechnic Offa Library and determine factors that affect the acceptance and adoption of open access for learning and research by the library user at Federal Polytechnic Offa Library.
The descriptive method was adopted for research design. Questionnaires are administered to 100 respondents and all the questionnaires were retrieved. The findings of the study shows that students have positive attitude towards the use of Repository-based or “Green” open access as types of open access in federal polytechnic Offa Also findings shows that that there are many factors that affect adoption of open access for learning and research in Federal polytechnic Offa library which include: poor website design, lack of print provision, lack of online help, More so, finding revealed that the major strategy for enhancing adoption of open access for learning and research in Federal polytechnic Offa library is that polytechnic library should adopt ICT in order to enable them manage open access resources. This is followed by releasing of more funds to Federal polytechnic library for library ICT (internet) projects, provision of functional computers by the Federal polytechnic library.
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