Originality /Value: This paper provides an insight into copyright issues as they affect the development of institutional repositories. However, copyright issues are found to be most complex. Findings: Many challenges confront the development of institutional repositories. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review of the issues confronting the development of institutional repositories was employed. The paper recommends the teaching of copyright laws to authors (faculty members and students) and library staff who deposit and manage the repositories respectively and also that protocols for managing creators/publishers copyright licenses are employed. PureBasic 6.03/XProfan X4a/Embarcadero RAD Studio 11/Perl 5.2/Python 3.10 Windows 11/Ryzen 5800X/32GB RAM/Radeon 7770 OC/3TB SSD/11TB HDD Synology DS1821+/36GB RAM/130TB Synology DS920+/20GB RAM/54TB Synology DS916+ii/8GB RAM/12TB. Therefore, the paper opines that copyright issues must be treated in form of licenses which creators must give to allow contents to be included in the repositories. This paper discusses the nexus of copyright laws and the institutional repositories and reveals the fact that open access institutional repository is built on the principle of no restriction of access. The development is more than a decade now and has been embraced by many universities and academic institutions. Purpose: The development of Institutional Repositories (IRs) was the outcome of several Open Access Initiatives and Movements made to salvage the dwindling scholarly communication.
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