UTILIZATION OF OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES FOR ACADEMIC PRODUCTIVITY BY ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Study——————————————————————————

1.2 Statement of the Problem—————————————————————————–

1.3 Research Questions————————————————————————————

1.4 Hypotheses———————————————————————————————

1.5 Objectives of the Study——————————————————————————

1.6 Significance of the Study—————————————————————————–

1.7 Scope—————————————————————————————————-

1.8 Limitation of the Study——————————————————————————

1.9 Operational Definition of Terms——————————————————————-

References———————————————————————————————–

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Introduction —————————————————————————————-

2.2 Concept of Open Access and Its Publication Models——————————————–

2.3 Researchers’ Awareness of Open Access ———————————————————

2.4 Librarians’ Use of Open Access Resources—————————————————–

2.5 Factors Facilitating the Use of Open Access Resources by Librarians————————-

2.6 Research Productivity of Academic Librarians————————————————–

2.7 Types of Media Used by Academic Librarians in Publishing their Research Outputs—–

2.8 Factors Militating Against the Use of Open Access Resources———————————-

2.9 Summary of the Review——————————————————————————-

Reference—————————————————————————————————–

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Introduction———————————————————————————————

3.2 Research Method Adopted for the Study———————————————————–

3.3 Population of the Study ——————————————————————————-

3.4 Sample and Sampling Procedure———————————————————————

3.5 Instrument for Data Collection———————————————————————–

3.6 Validity of the Research Instrument—————————————————————-

3.7 Reliability of the Research Instrument————————————————————–

3.8 Procedure for Data Collection————————————————————————

3.9 Procedures for Data Analysis————————————————————————

References———————————————————————————-

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Introduction—————————————————————————–

4.2 Response Rate of the Library Staff——————————————————————

4.3 Data Analysis ——————————————————————————————-

4.3.1 Descriptive Analysis———————————————————————————

4.3.2 Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents————————————————

4.3.3 The Level of Awareness of Open Access by Academic Librarians—————————-

4.3.4 The Level of Usage of Open Access Resources by Academic Librarians——————–

4.3.5 Factors Facilitating the Use of Open Access Resources by the Academic Librarians——

4.3.6 Factors Influencing Research Productivity of Academic Librarians—————————

4.3.7 Types of Media used by Academic Librarians in Publishing their Research Output——

4.3.8 Criteria for Choice of Journal Outlet When Publishing—————————————–

4.3.9 Factors Militating Against the Use of Open Access Resources by Academic Librarians–

4.4 Inferential Statistical Analysis———————————————————————–

References—————————————————————————————————

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 Introductions——————————————————————————————–

5.2 Summary of the Study———————————————————————————

5.3 Summary of Findings———————————————————————————-

5.4 Summaries of the Inferential Statistical Analysis ———————————————–

5.5 Conclusion—————————————————————————————–

5.6 Recommendations——————————————————-

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Bibliography—————————————————————–

Appendix————————————————————————————