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Traditional knowledge management and preservation: Intersections with Library and Information Science

Charles Kamau MainaThe University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Information and Media Studies,London, OntarioCANADAN6A 5B7CorrespondenceE-mail addresses: [email protected], [email protected].
Pages 13-27 | Published online: 02 Dec 2013

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