Looking back: The master of library and information science programme at the University of Malaya, Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Edzan, N N ^a   Abdullah, Abrizah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Information science; Library education; Library science education; Master of library and information science; MLIS programme; University of Malaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549125471     PISSN: 13946234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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