Supply and demand: The workforce needs of library and information services and personal qualities of new professionals

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 212-223

  Goulding, Anne ^a   Bromham, Beth ^b   Hannabuss, Stuart ^b   Cramer, Duncan ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033235641     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096100069903100405     Document Type: Article

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