This article suggests strategies for the usage of open access institutional repositories (OAIR) at university libraries in Ghana.,Pragmatism paradigm, mixed methods research approach and convergent parallel mixed method design was adopted. Simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, purposive sampling techniques and the sample size converter were the sampling procedures and methods employed. The questionnaire and interview guide were used as research instruments to gather relevant data for the study. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used as statistical tools to analyze quantitative and thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data.,Factors such as software, staffing, advocacy, marketing and policies are crucial in the development of OAIR strategy at the University of Ghana.,Information from the National Accreditations Board (NAB) of Ghana (2018) indicates that Ghana has 92 Higher Educational Institutions (HEI). These are categorized into nine national public universities, eight technical universities, ten professional institutions and 65 private universities and university colleges. This article focuses only on five university libraries with the understanding that they were the only universities on the Directory of Open Access Repositories, authoritative international registries of repositories that provide data on the number of registered Institutional Repositories throughout the world.,It is envisaged that the findings will benefit policymakers, academic staff, university library management and librarians. Academic staff will recognize the need to use OAIR. OAIR managers and administrators will be able to determine the factors affecting the usage of OAIR in university libraries and will be able to design strategies on how OAIR can be sustained and managed.,The article suggests strategies for the usage of OAIR that are instrumental for university libraries in Ghana. The strategies consist of an Institutional Guideline that requires adequate marketing, policies, software and staffing. The research also provided an understanding of OAIR through the lenses of technology acceptance model (TAM) an extension of the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) to explain the usage of OAIR in university libraries in Ghana.

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在加纳大学使用开放获取机构知识库的策略

本文提出了加纳大学图书馆使用开放获取机构知识库（OAIR）的策略。采用了实用主义范式、混合方法研究方法和收敛并行混合方法设计。简单随机抽样、分层随机抽样、目的抽样技术和样本量转换器是所采用的抽样程序和方法。问卷和访谈指南被用作研究工具，为研究收集相关数据。描述性统计和推断性统计被用作统计工具来分析定量，主题分析被用作分析定性数据。软件、人员配备、宣传、营销和政策等因素在加纳大学 OAIR 战略的制定中至关重要。 , 来自加纳国家认证委员会 (NAB) 的信息 (2018) 表明，加纳拥有 92 所高等教育机构 (HEI)。这些被归类为九所国立公立大学、八所技术大学、十所专业机构和65所私立大学和大学学院。本文仅关注五所大学图书馆，因为它们是开放获取知识库目录中唯一的大学，这是提供全球注册机构知识库数量数据的权威国际知识库注册机构。研究结果将使决策者、学术人员、大学图书馆管理人员和图书馆员受益。学术人员将认识到使用 OAIR 的必要性。OAIR 管理人员和管理员将能够确定影响大学图书馆使用 OAIR 的因素，并能够设计关于如何维持和管理 OAIR 的策略。,本文提出了对大学有用的 OAIR 使用策略加纳的图书馆。这些策略包括需要足够营销、政策、软件和人员配备的机构指南。该研究还通过技术接受模型 (TAM) 的视角提供了对 OAIR 的理解，TAM 是理性行动理论 (TRA) 的扩展，以解释 OAIR 在加纳大学图书馆中的使用。这篇文章提出了使用 OAIR 的策略，这些策略对加纳的大学图书馆很有帮助。这些策略包括需要足够营销、政策、软件和人员配备的机构指南。该研究还通过技术接受模型 (TAM) 的视角提供了对 OAIR 的理解，TAM 是理性行动理论 (TRA) 的扩展，以解释 OAIR 在加纳大学图书馆中的使用。这篇文章提出了使用 OAIR 的策略，这些策略对加纳的大学图书馆很有帮助。这些策略包括需要足够营销、政策、软件和人员配备的机构指南。该研究还通过技术接受模型 (TAM) 的视角提供了对 OAIR 的理解，TAM 是理性行动理论 (TRA) 的扩展，以解释 OAIR 在加纳大学图书馆中的使用。