Towards effective development of electronic information resources in Nigerian university libraries

Library Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 504-514

  Ani, Okon E ^a   Ahiauzu, Blessing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Electronic media; Information strategy; Nigeria; University libraries; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849094495     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120810894527     Document Type: Article

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