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Rehabilitation after surgery for recurrent lateral patellofemoral instability: results of a survey of members of the ESSKA Arthroscopy Committee
Students' Perceptions in Software Modelling Using UML in Undergraduate Software Engineering Projects
Institutional Repositories and Libraries in Nigeria
Institutional repositories (IRs) are emerging trends in scholarly discourse among members of the
academic community in Nigeria. Global practice shows that many IRs are administered by
librarians in the academia. This article examines the nexus between libraries and IRs. It observed
that though the emergence of IRs holds great advantage for academic institutions, many Nigerian
institutions, especially universities, do not have functional IRs because of the inability of their
libraries to run them. The article further identifies the digital divide, inadequate financing, the
lack of ICT skills and awareness as well as copyright issues as challenges inhibiting the
establishment and management of IRs in Nigeria. Recommendations are made for dealing with
the identified challenges