Training needs of practising professional librarians in the Kenyan public university libraries: a critical analysis

Library Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 257-268

  Ondari Okemwa, Ezra ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Librarians; On the job training; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986144483     PISSN: 01435124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01435120010324969     Document Type: Article

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