African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science

S. Doukalli

The African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering library science with an emphasis on the African setting. The journal is abstracted and indexed by Library Literature and Information Science and Library and Information Science Abstracts.

African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science

Scopus coverage years:from 2008 to 2012, from 2014 to Present

Publisher:Archlib and Information Service

ISSN:0795-4778

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Social Sciences: Library and Information Sciences

Source type: Journal

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