Enhancing Global Research Visibility of Faculty staff by the Academic libraries in Public Universities in South East, Nigeria

Abstract

Academic libraries are at the forefront of supporting their parent institutions in teaching and learning, research activities, and community services for the students and faculty members, but, the researchers observed that some of the researches emanating from faculty members in academic institutions particularly universities remain largely unknown, unrecognized and invisible on the global scene. This present paper is therefore a modest attempt towards highlighting some of the ways/channels of enhancing the faculty research visibility in the institutions of higher learning by the academic libraries. It also examines the extent academic libraries in public universities in Nigeria use research visibility channels to increase the global visibility of their faculty members. A descriptive survey research design was adopted and the population consisted of all the librarians in public universities in South-East, Nigeria. 120 librarians responded to the online questionnaire which was used for data collection. Data for the study was analyzed using tables, percentages and charts. The study recommended creation and utilization of RVCs – Facebook, IR, Twitter, Blog, YouTube, WhatsApp, Telegram among others by librarians in academic libraries to enhance global research visibility of faculty and the institution.