Academic Subject Specialist Positions in the United States: A Content Analysis of Announcements from 1990 through 1998

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 372-382

  White, Gary W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000834304     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-1333(99)80056-1     Document Type: Article

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