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MTU-Repo

The official institutional repository of Mountain Top University, preserving and making accessible the intellectual output of the MTU community.

What is MTU-Repo?

MTU-Repo is the institutional digital repository for Mountain Top University, designed to collect, organise, preserve, and disseminate the research and scholarly output produced by MTU students, faculty, and staff.

It provides long-term, free, and open access to theses, dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and other academic works created at or in partnership with Mountain Top University.

The platform is built on modern open-source principles and complies with international standards for digital preservation and metadata management, including the Dublin Core metadata schema.

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Persistent URLs

Stable, permanent links ensure items are always findable.

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Open Access

Free and immediate access to all published research.

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Discoverability

Indexed by Google Scholar and major academic aggregators.

Long-term Preservation

Checksum-verified storage guards against data corruption.

Advantage Showcase

Visibility, Searchability & Integrity

Discover how MTU-Repo scales the reach and impact of research output worldwide.

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Google Scholar Indexing

By embedding HighWire Press and Dublin Core meta tags directly into item views, MTU-Repo allows Google Scholar crawlers to seamlessly scrape, index, and list deposit articles, maximizing global citations.

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OAI-PMH Harvester Ready

Complies with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Enables remote institutional databases to harvest catalog XMLs automatically, placing MTU research on international aggregate maps.

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Static Permalinks (UUID)

Every uploaded object receives a unique, unalterable UUID. If files or collections migrate, the URI link remains static, ensuring citations in scholarly references never break due to dead URLs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Interactive Q&A Section

Find quick answers about repository guidelines, copyright compliance, and submissions.

Who can submit work to MTU-Repo? expand_more

All current Mountain Top University faculty, staff, researchers, and postgraduate students are eligible to submit work to the repository. Undergraduate submissions are permitted when sponsored by a department or faculty advisor.

What types of documents can be uploaded? expand_more

You can deposit academic journal articles (preprints or postprints), conference proceedings, monographs, book chapters, doctoral dissertations, masters theses, and academic datasets.

Is depositing in the repository legally safe regarding publisher copyrights? expand_more

Yes. Most publishers allow authors to archive either preprints or postprints in their institutional repositories. MTU-Repo respects publisher copyright policies. The administration checks compliance before releasing items publicly.

How long does it take for a submission to go live? expand_more

After filling the Submission Wizard, items are published immediately as drafts. Once reviewed by the collection librarians, the item is approved and visible publicly (typically within 24–48 hours).

Contact the Repository Team

For submission inquiries, policy questions, or technical support, reach out to the MTU Library.

email librarian@mtu.edu.ng phone +234 000 000 0000