With the emergence of ranking of universities by organizations, one major factor considered in the rankings is the intellectual output of the universities. For universities to remain part of the global academic competitive society, intellectual output of universities can no longer be stored on shelves in libraries. Academic libraries have engaged in digitization of the intellectual works of their institutions which is a core mandate of any academic library. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the state of digitization initiatives among university libraries in Ghana.,A qualitative approach was adopted. Nine top universities in Ghana were selected to participate in this study. Interviews were conducted with heads of libraries.,The findings of the study revealed that seven out of the nine libraries studied have embarked on some sort of digitization initiative, and all libraries studied are using the same digital asset management system (Dspace). Major challenges reported by the participants that are common to all the libraries studied are lack of adequate and modern equipment, lack of trained personnel and lack of cooperation from faculty members.,This study brought fore the initiatives undertaken by academic libraries in Ghana to establish and maintain institutional repositories (IRs) amidst a number of challenges. It is a major contribution to the literature from West Africa as not much literature on IR is found from this part of the world.

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数字化加纳大学的知识输出

随着组织对大学排名的出现，排名中考虑的一个主要因素是大学的知识输出。为了使大学保持在全球学术竞争社会中的地位，大学的知识输出不再能够存储在图书馆的书架上。高校图书馆已对其机构的智力作品进行了数字化，这是任何大学图书馆的核心任务。本研究的目的是确定加纳大学图书馆中数字化计划的现状。采用定性方法。选择了加纳的9所顶尖大学参加这项研究。与图书馆馆长进行了访谈。研究结果表明，在研究的9个图书馆中，有7个已经采取了某种数字化计划，并且所有研究的图书馆都使用相同的数字资产管理系统（Dspace）。参与者报告的与所研究的所有图书馆共同的主要挑战是缺乏足够的现代化设备，缺少受过训练的人员以及教职员工的合作。这项研究提出了加纳高校图书馆在建立和发展图书馆方面所采取的举措。在众多挑战中维护机构存储库（IR）。这是对西非文学的重要贡献，因为在世界的这一地区发现的有关IR的文献很少。参与者报告的与所研究的所有图书馆共同的主要挑战是缺乏足够的现代化设备，缺少受过训练的人员以及教职员工的合作。这项研究提出了加纳高校图书馆在建立和发展图书馆方面所采取的举措。在众多挑战中维护机构存储库（IR）。这是对西非文学的重要贡献，因为在世界的这一地区发现的有关IR的文献很少。参与者报告的与所研究的所有图书馆共同的主要挑战是缺乏足够的现代化设备，缺少受过训练的人员以及教职员工的合作。这项研究提出了加纳高校图书馆在建立和发展图书馆方面所采取的举措。在众多挑战中维护机构存储库（IR）。这是对西非文学的重要贡献，因为在世界的这一地区发现的有关IR的文献很少。