Diffusion of innovation theories and their relevance to understanding the role of librarians when introducing users to networked information

Electronic Library

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 389-394

  Holland, Matt ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

INTERNET; LIBRARIANS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0031240742     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb045587     Document Type: Article

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