Toward context-centered methods for evaluating public library networked community information initiatives

First Monday

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Durrance, Joan C ^a   Pettigrew, Karen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0038038885     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v6i4.848     Document Type: Article

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