Humor in the academic library: You must be joking! or, how many academic librarians does it take to change a lightbulb?

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-172

  Black, Leah ^a   Forro, Denise ^a  

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EID: 0033246162     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.60.2.165     Document Type: Article

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