Managing and Preserving Indigenous Knowledge in the Knowledge Management Era: Challenges and opportunities for information professionals

Information Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-102

  Ngulube, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 84997941985     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026666602400842486     Document Type: Article

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