An empirical study of knowledge management in academic libraries in East and Southern Africa

Library Review

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 377-392

  Jain, Priti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Africa; Information management; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249290740     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530710750572     Document Type: Article

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