Barriers and Enablers to Open Access Repository (OAR) Development and Management in African HLIs Abbott et al./WACREN 2020 1 Barriers and Enablers to Open Access Repository (OAR) Development and Management in African HLIs: Research from the LIBSENSE OAR Workshops in the UA, WACREN and ASREN Regions Pamela Abbott 1 , Kokui Appiah 2 , Omo Oaiya 3 1 Senior Lecturer, Information Systems, Information School, University of Sheffield, UK 2 Lead Consultant & Managing Partner at iQ Consult/Research Associate, seconded to WACREN for the LIBSENSE initiative, GHANA 3 Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), WACREN, GHANA Table of Contents List of Figures ............................................................................................................................ 2 List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. 5 List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................................. 6 Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 8 Methods...................................................................................................................................... 9 Research Approach .............................................................................................................. 10 Sample, Participants & Distribution .................................................................................... 11 Survey Design ...................................................................................................................... 12 Survey Analysis and Presentation of Results....................................................................... 13 Focus Group Design, Analysis and Presentation ................................................................. 13 Results ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Institutional Barriers/Enablers for OAR Development and Management ........................... 14 Evolving Roles of Librarians in Relation to Ongoing Digitalisation in African HLIs ........ 22 HLI Librarians’ Skills Profiles to Support OAR Development and Management .............. 31 Operational, Subject Specialist and Technical Functions ................................................ 31 Skills, Skillsets and Staff Development ........................................................................... 36