International Journal of
Library and Information Science

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Lib. Inf. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2537
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJLIS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 246

Full Length Research Paper

The impact of Web 2.0 tools on academic libraries in Kenya

Fred Gochi Gichora*
  • Fred Gochi Gichora*
  • Department of Information and Knowledge Management, the Technical University of Kenya.
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Tom Kwanya
  • Tom Kwanya
  • Department of Information and Knowledge Management, the Technical University of Kenya.
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  •  Received: 10 November 2014
  •  Accepted: 04 February 2015
  •  Published: 28 February 2015

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