The poverty of librarianship: An historical critique of public librarianship in Anglophone Africa

Libri

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-48

  Sturges, Paul ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744515997     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/LIBR.2001.38     Document Type: Review

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