Information Literacy Education in Asian Developing Countries: Cultural factors affecting curriculum development and programme delivery

IFLA Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-293

  Dorner, Daniel G ^a   Gorman, G E ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Developing countries; Geert Hofstede; Information literacy; Information literacy education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997995430     PISSN: 03400352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0340035206074063     Document Type: Article

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