The public place of central libraries: Findings from Toronto and Vancouver

Library Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 326-372

  Leckie, Gloria J ^a   Hopkins, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0036343969     PISSN: 00242519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/lq.72.3.40039762     Document Type: Review

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