Creating professional communities of practice for librarians

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Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-98

  Cox, Andrew ^a   Morris, Anne ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037883260     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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