Open access repositories in academic and research institutions for the realization of Nigeria's Vision 20: 2020

International Journal of Information Science and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-46

  Igwe, Kingsley Nwadiuto ^a  

^a Department of Library and Information Sciences   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Academic and research institutions; Nigeria; Open access repositories; Vision 20:2020

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893046881     PISSN: 20088302     EISSN: 20088310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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