Approaches to studying public library networked community information initiatives: A review of the literature and overview of a current study

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-360

  Pettigrew, Karen E ^a   Durrance, Joan C ^b   Vakkari, Pertti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033196086     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0740-8188(99)00016-x     Document Type: Article

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