A study on Africana collections in UK libraries: Present state and future scenarios

Library Collections, Acquisition and Technical Services

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-36

  Matovelo, Doris S ^a   Smith, Inese A ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Africana collections; Library acquisitions; Publishing in Africa; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037787659     PISSN: 14649055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-9055(00)00188-3     Document Type: Article

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