Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University

The aim of this paper is to study the encouraging factors for scholarly works contribution towards among academicians at Malaysian university. Methods: This paper uses questionnaire for data collection on the respondents’ perceptional level on the institutional repository efforts in one of the univ...

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Main Authors:	M. R., Abdul Hamid, Noor Azura, Omar, Zainol, Mustafa
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	ZA4050 Electronic information resources ZA4450 Databases
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9180/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9180/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9180/1/abstract.pdf

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spelling	ump-91802016-12-13T07:27:14Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9180/ Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University M. R., Abdul Hamid Noor Azura, Omar Zainol, Mustafa ZA4050 Electronic information resources ZA4450 Databases The aim of this paper is to study the encouraging factors for scholarly works contribution towards among academicians at Malaysian university. Methods: This paper uses questionnaire for data collection on the respondents’ perceptional level on the institutional repository efforts in one of the university under study. Several encouraging factors have been identified and to be measured using descriptive statistics. The factors are related to content contribution, i.e. personal factor, professional factor, organizational factor and technological factor. Findings: The study found that all these four encouraging factors did have a relation to the contribution of scholarly works in the university by the academician. Research Limitations: This study used a case study and generalization to all Malaysian universities should be well taken care of. Practical implications: The library at the university should look into these four encouraging factors in order to enhance the contribution from academician towards the repository. Originality/value: This research paper provides basic information for the knowledge management officers in the university by endeavoring more efforts in order to attract more contributions. 2015-01-27 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9180/1/abstract.pdf M. R., Abdul Hamid and Noor Azura, Omar and Zainol, Mustafa (2015) Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University. In: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 26-27 January 2015 , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. p. 126.. (In Press) http://waset.org/pdf/books/?id=16091&pageNumber=126
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spellingShingle	ZA4050 Electronic information resources ZA4450 Databases M. R., Abdul Hamid Noor Azura, Omar Zainol, Mustafa Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University
description	The aim of this paper is to study the encouraging factors for scholarly works contribution towards among academicians at Malaysian university. Methods: This paper uses questionnaire for data collection on the respondents’ perceptional level on the institutional repository efforts in one of the university under study. Several encouraging factors have been identified and to be measured using descriptive statistics. The factors are related to content contribution, i.e. personal factor, professional factor, organizational factor and technological factor. Findings: The study found that all these four encouraging factors did have a relation to the contribution of scholarly works in the university by the academician. Research Limitations: This study used a case study and generalization to all Malaysian universities should be well taken care of. Practical implications: The library at the university should look into these four encouraging factors in order to enhance the contribution from academician towards the repository. Originality/value: This research paper provides basic information for the knowledge management officers in the university by endeavoring more efforts in order to attract more contributions.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	M. R., Abdul Hamid Noor Azura, Omar Zainol, Mustafa
author_facet	M. R., Abdul Hamid Noor Azura, Omar Zainol, Mustafa
author_sort	M. R., Abdul Hamid
title	Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University
title_short	Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University
title_full	Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University
title_fullStr	Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University
title_sort	investigating the encouraging factors for scholarly works contributiontowards institutional repository: a case study at a malaysian university
publishDate	2015
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9180/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9180/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9180/1/abstract.pdf
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Investigating the Encouraging Factors for Scholarly Works Contributiontowards Institutional Repository: A Case Study at a Malaysian University

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