This study was conducted to examine advocacy issues in open access institutional repositories in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted to study 150 librarians from six government-funded academic institutions in South East Nigeria. The article identified 12 local content materials as relevant for publication in institutional repositories. It was found that advocacy is very critical in attracting funds and creation of awareness for institutional repositories in Nigeria. Major advocacy strategies are the use of institutions Websites, face-to-face interaction with target groups, seminars, and workshops. The study identified the National Universities Commission, Federal Ministry of Education, and institutional administration as major targets of the advocacy. Library associations, librarians, and management of the institutions are identified as very important groups to spearhead advocacy programs. The problems associated with institutional repositories advocacy were also identified. This study will serve as a useful guide on advocacy issues for institutional administrators and librarians who are interested in developing their institutional repositories using local content available to them. The originality lies in the ability of the article to survey professional librarians who gave their opinions on the questions raised which were used to generate data that addressed the objectives of the study.

进行这项研究是为了检查尼日利亚开放访问机构存储库中的倡导问题。采用描述性调查研究设计，研究了来自尼日利亚东南部六个政府资助的学术机构的150名图书馆员。该文章确定了12种与机构知识库相关的本地内容材料。人们发现，倡导对于吸引资金和提高尼日利亚机构知识库的认识至关重要。主要的宣传策略是使用机构网站，与目标群体的面对面互动，研讨会和讲习班。该研究确定了国家大学委员会，联邦教育部和机构管理为倡导的主要目标。图书馆协会，图书馆员，机构的管理被确定为带头倡导计划的非常重要的团体。还确定了与机构存储库倡导相关的问题。这项研究将为有兴趣使用本地可用内容开发机构存储库的机构管理员和图书馆员提供有关宣传问题的有用指南。文章的独创性在于该文章能够调查专业图书馆员的意见，他们对提出的问题发表了意见，这些问题用于生成解决研究目标的数据。这项研究将为有兴趣使用本地可用内容开发机构存储库的机构管理员和图书馆员提供有关宣传问题的有用指南。文章的独创性在于该文章能够调查专业图书馆员的意见，他们对提出的问题发表了意见，这些问题用于生成解决研究目标的数据。这项研究将为有兴趣使用本地可用内容开发机构存储库的机构管理员和图书馆员提供有关宣传问题的有用指南。文章的独创性在于该文章能够调查专业图书馆员的意见，他们对提出的问题发表了意见，这些问题用于生成解决研究目标的数据。