Awareness and Compliance of Science-Based Researchers to Legal Deposit Obligations in Nigeria
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2024-10-15
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Archlib & Information Services Ltd
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This paper investigated the awareness and
compliance of science-based researchers to legal
deposit obligations in Southwest Nigeria. Survey
research was adopted. A purposive sampling
technique was used for the study. Thirty-five
scientists from eight research institutes and
centres volunteered to participate in the study.
Data were collected with the questionnaire. The
collected data was analysed using descriptive
statistics with the Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. The findings
showed that science-based researchers in
research institutes in Nigeria had a low
awareness of their legal deposit obligations. The
findings also revealed that their compliance with
the legal deposit obligations was equally low. The
study recommended that public enlightenment
and sensitisation campaigns, monetary
incentives, designating specific personnel for
legal deposit campaigns and collection in
research institutes and an upward review of the
penalty for non-compliance be put in place by
the National Library of Nigeria as motivating
factors for awareness and compliance.
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Adeleke, A. A. and Alabi, S. O (2024): Awareness and compliance of science-based researchers to legal deposit obligations in Nigeria. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, 34 (2), 239 – 250