Technology, power, and structure: Developing a model of the effects of automation on liberal arts college libraries

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-300

  Crawford, Gregory A ^a   Rice, Ronald E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031521436     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(97)90016-5     Document Type: Article

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