Preserving African digital resources: Is there a role for repository libraries?

Library Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 63-72

  Lor, Peter Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Developing countries; Digital libraries; Heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944407438     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120510572888     Document Type: Article

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