Use of information communication technologies in education and training of undergraduate library and information science students in two selected Kenyan universities.
Purpose – The paper aims to establish the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in education and training of undergraduate library and information science (LIS) students in two selected Kenyan universities and suggest recommendations to improve ICT education and training in the c...
| Publicado en: | Library Review Vol. 62; no. 8/9; pp. 585 - 602 |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2013
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