Changing roles of paraprofessionals in public libraries

Public Library Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 11-32

  Han, Chow Wun ^a   Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar ^b  

^a National Library Board of Singapore   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Career aspirations; Career prospects; New roles; Paraprofessionals; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042906931     PISSN: 01616846     EISSN: 15411540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J118v17n04_03     Document Type: Article

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