Digitization of Africa's documentary heritage: Aid or exploitation?

Journal of Information Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-93

  Lor, Peter Johan ^a   Britz, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 14944367849     PISSN: 10619321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3172/JIE.13.2.78     Document Type: Article

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