Libraries as learning organisations: Implications for knowledge management

Library Hi Tech News

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 10-14

  Jain, Priti ^a   Mutula, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 60349122905     PISSN: 07419058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07419050810931273     Document Type: Article

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