Browsing by Author "Okello-Owiny, David"

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    Policy Challenges in Establishing Institutional Repository:
    (Consortium of Uganda University Libraries, Annual Conference Proceeding, 2023, 2023) Ongaya, Kizito; Bagarukayo, Emily; Oyo, Benedict; Okello-Owiny, David
    While many universities are establishing institutional repositories to improve their online presence, there are policy challenges associated with the implementation of this innovation across universities in Uganda. The paper examines policy challenges associated with institutional repositories in 6 universities in Uganda. The study used exploratory method, with simple random stratified snow balling method over google forms. The findings shows that the ownership debate of institutional repositories is far from conclusion in institutions of higher learning with over 50% of respondents asserting that the university as an institution should own all publication and research data. On the other hand, they also believe that authors should be the principal owners of contents of their repositories. Availing publication on repository is also unsettling matter with 89.4% of scholars claiming rights of distribution irrespective of publisher’s restriction, while majority of scholars believe the Main Libraries in a university should take responsibility of dissemination, departments and individual authors are equally responsible for dissemination. Opinions are extremely divided on patent rights ownership across universities, faculties and departments. There is need for higher educational institutions to answer these unsettling questions by comprehensive stakeholders’ engagement in formulating policies that govern institutional repositories.
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    Research Data Management in Institutions of Higher Education in Uganda: A Neglected Business
    (The Uganda Higher Education Review, 2023-12-06) Ongaya, Kizito; Bagarukayo, Emily; Oyo, Benedict; Okello-Owiny, David
    This research examines research data management (RDM) in six Ugandan universities, its awareness, existence, and management, as well as ownership questions among senior staff members. The paper hypothesises that research data management is a new concept in Uganda universities and explores views on potential locations suitable for setting up the system within university structures. The stratified purposive sampling and snowballing methods were used over Google Forms. The key findings are that at least 74.8% of the staff believe it is a new concept and that their universities do not have initiatives to establish it; while 52.6% of the staff believe the ownership of research data should rest with the authors. There are varying views on the roles of various departments and potential host locations for research data management. The research limitation was that much as practices are not properly established in departments within university structures in Uganda, more research could be done to find out how research data is managed by individuals, projects or departments. The practical implication is the need for the establishment of a model research data management centre from which universities, government parastatals as well as organisations can learn. The paper makes a strong case for Ugandan higher education institutions to establish a department for research data management.