Building library leadership in Africa : a proposed education initiative

Britz, Johannes J.; Lor, Peter Johan; Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)

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dc.contributor.author	Britz, Johannes J.
dc.contributor.author	Lor, Peter Johan
dc.contributor.author	Bothma, T.J.D. (Theodorus Jan Daniel)
dc.date.accessioned	2007-07-10T06:25:31Z
dc.date.available	2007-07-10T06:25:31Z
dc.date.issued	2007-06
dc.description.abstract	This article deals with a proposed initiative to train library managers on the African continent. It is argued that such an education initiative will contribute to the socio-economic development of Africa. Issues addressed in the article include the following: the background to and rationale for this initiative, justification for the University of Pretoria to be the degree-issuing institution, the delivery mode, outline of the proposed curriculum and expected outcomes of this initiative.	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Britz, JJ, Lor, PJ & Bothma, TJ 2007 ‘Building library leadership in Africa: A proposed education initiative’, The International Information & Library Review, vol.39, issue 2, pp. 103-108.[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10572317]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1057-2317
dc.identifier.other	10.1016/j.iilr.2007.02.001
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/2964
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.rights	Elsevier	en
dc.subject	Library leadership	en
dc.subject	Africa	en
dc.subject	Education and libraries
dc.subject.lcsh	Library administrators -- Training of -- Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Leadership -- Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Libraries and education -- Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	University of Pretoria -- Dept. of Information Science -- Curricula
dc.subject.lcsh	library science -- Study and teaching -- Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Information science -- Study and teaching -- Africa.
dc.title	Building library leadership in Africa : a proposed education initiative	en
dc.type	Postprint Article	en