Resource sharing in the ICT era: The case of Nigerian university libraries

Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-187

  Igwe, Kingsley Nwadiuto ^a  

^a The Federal Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Information and communication technology (ICT); Nigeria; Resource sharing; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954447937     PISSN: 1072303X     EISSN: 15403572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1072303X.2010.491016     Document Type: Article

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