From acting locally to thinking globally: A brief history of library automation

Library Quarterly

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-249

  Borgman, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031509660     PISSN: 00242519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629950     Document Type: Article

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