Between professional field norms and environmental change impetuses: A comparative study of change processes in public libraries

Library and Information Science Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-552

  Audunson, Ragnar ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

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EID: 0033228583     PISSN: 07408188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-8188(99)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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