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Item Research data management and information security: Role of Library and Information Technology Service (ITS) units in federal universities of technology in Nigeria(I-Manager’s Journal on Information Technology, 2019) Abduldayan, F. J.; Abifarin, F. P.; Oyedum, G. U.; Alhassan, J. A.This exploratory study presents how information security affects research data management in all the Federal Universities of Technology (FUTs) in Nigeria. These FUTs in Nigeria are: The Federal University of Technology, Minna; Federal University of Technology, Akure; Federal University of Technology, Owerri; Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola; and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. Lack of trust in the available security systems and safety procedures guiding the Institutional Repositories (IR) has been identified as a perceived impediment to depositing intellectual outputs and the underlying research data by researchers. The consequence of this is poor patronage of the IR and low content of repositories of FUTs in Nigeria. The objective of this study was therefore to identify the available support systems in the Libraries and Information Technology Service (ITS) Units of FUTs in Nigeria. The study used face-to-face semi-structured interview methods conducted on five university librarians and five heads of ITS Units of FUTs in Nigeria, who are responsible for the development and management of institutional repositories and are also stakeholders in effective research data management. For data transcription and analysis, this study adopted the Braun and Clarke (2006) thematic analysis approach, which involves a six-phase qualitative data analysis. Findings of the study confirmed that hacking, as a cyber threat, still poses a great threat to intellectual output and research data deposited in the IR of FUTs in Nigeria. The study recommended the need for continued capacity building to improve the cybersecurity skills and data management skills of ITS staff and librarians, respectively.Item Users’ acceptance testing of a computer-based research data management system in federal universities of technology in Nigeria.(2nd International Conference on ICT for National Development and Sustainability (ICT4NDS2021), Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, 2021) Abduldayan, F. J.; Abifarin, F. P.; Oyedum, G. U.; Alhassan, J. A.Management of research data is becoming increasingly important, especially as it is being required as a core requirement by journal publishers and funding agencies. Users’ experience, as gathered from researchers in five federal universities of technology in Nigeria, showed that knowing the actual data to manage, how to manage, when, and where to manage it is quite difficult. This study developed and conducted users’ acceptance testing of a computer-based Research Data Management System (RDMS) that would guide researchers, who are actual data producers, on proper data management through their research life cycle so that they could come up with a product (datasets) that repositories (libraries) can accept and manage for future reuse. Chemistry was purposively selected as the discipline in focus. Interview methods were used to understand the existing research data workflow of chemists, while a questionnaire was used to conduct the users' acceptance testing. Evolutionary prototyping techniques were used for software development, while constructs from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) were adopted for the acceptance testing. Findings revealed that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and facilitating conditions had no significant effect on behavioral intention to use the system. However, research experience and social influence had significant effects. Hence, libraries in the federal universities of technology in Nigeria should roll out research data services and intensify efforts on advocacy and training on the use of the RDMS by chemists.