The use of information and communication technologies for the support of knowledge management in selected academic libraries in Nigeria and South Africa

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2015

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