The McDonaldization of academic libraries?

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 248-261

  Quinn, Brian ^a  

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EID: 0034343434     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.61.3.248     Document Type: Article

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