The utilisation of an intranet as a knowledge management tool in academic libraries

Electronic Library

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 393-400

  Mphidi, Hamilton ^a   Snyman, Retha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Intranets; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION USE; LIBRARIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ORGANISATIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

INTRANETS;

EID: 10144233478     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470410561901     Document Type: Article

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