Competencies needed for future academic librarians in Pakistan

Education for Information

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-43

  Mahmood, Khalid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 0036524236     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2002-20104     Document Type: Article

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