Purpose

Ghanaian public universities have fully embraced the concept of open access. This is evident in the increasing numbers of institutional repositories (IRs) by universities in Ghana. However, to ensure the sustainability of these IRs, it is vital the current IR infrastructure is capable of responding to current and future demands. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sustainability of the current IR infrastructure of public universities in Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach

The convergent parallel mixed methods design was adopted. A total of 830 respondents comprising IR managers, library staff (digitisation and e-resources units), postgraduate students, lecturers and university librarians from five public universities in Ghana were sampled for this study. A questionnaire and a semi-structured interview guide were the main instruments used for data collection.

Findings

The findings of this study revealed that the IR infrastructure of public universities in Ghana is robust and has the capacity to expand when the need arises. However, funding, cost of internet connectivity, personnel and erratic power supply were identified as major challenges confronting IRs in Ghana.

Originality/value

This study highlighted Ghana's existing IR infrastructure situation. This study is a significant contribution to the literature from West Africa because there is not much research on IR infrastructure from this part of the world.

中文翻译：

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机构存储库基础设施：加纳公立大学调查

目的

加纳公立大学完全接受开放获取的概念。这从加纳大学的机构存储库 (IR) 数量不断增加中可以明显看出。然而，为了确保这些 IR 的可持续性，当前的 IR 基础设施能够满足当前和未来的需求至关重要。本研究的目的是调查加纳公立大学当前 IR 基础设施的可持续性。

设计/方法论/途径

采用收敛并行混合方法设计。本次研究共抽取了 830 名受访者，其中包括来自加纳五所公立大学的 IR 经理、图书馆工作人员（数字化和电子资源部门）、研究生、讲师和大学图书馆员。问卷和半结构化访谈指南是数据收集的主要工具。

发现

这项研究的结果表明，加纳公立大学的 IR 基础设施十分健全，并且有能力在需要时进行扩展。然而，资金、互联网连接成本、人员和不稳定的电力供应被认为是加纳 IR 面临的主要挑战。

原创性/价值

这项研究强调了加纳现有的投资者关系基础设施状况。这项研究对西非文献做出了重大贡献，因为关于世界这一地区的国际关系基础设施的研究并不多。