Title: Readiness on the Adoption of Institutional Repositories by Selected Federal Universities in North Western Nigeria
Author(s): Nura Ibrahim, Anas Isah, Muktar Abubakar
Publication Year: 2022; Volume 17, Issue 3, pages 1-10

The study investigated the readiness on the adoption of Institutional repositories by selected Federal Universities in North Western Nigeria. The Survey method was adopted for the study, the population of the study consisted of one hundred and twenty five (125) respondents and the targeted respondents of the study were the Professional librarians and IT professionals, Stratified random sampling technique was adopted for the study because of its appropriateness in conducting the study, this ensures that no part of the populations is excluded. Six (6) Federal universities were selected for the conduct of this research. The study used questionnaire as instruments for data collections of this study. Out of 119 copies of the questionnaires distributed to the respondents, 102 were duly completed, returned and found usable for this study, this gave response rate of 85.7% the findings revealed that the Universities under study were ready to establish Institutional repositories, though the funds to start up and sustain it were not adequate, these formed one of the challenges of the study.