The economic and job creation benefits of Ontario public libraries

The Bottom Line

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 14-26

  Sawyer, Rod ^a  

^a Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Economic growth; Employment; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010595869     PISSN: 0888045X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08880459610131781     Document Type: Article

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