Urquhart and probability: The transition from librarianship to library and information science

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-214

  Bensman, Stephen J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION MANAGEMENT; DOCUMENT DELIVERY; LIBRARIANSHIP; RESOURCE SHARING;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MUSEUMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SALES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 12444279057     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20108     Document Type: Review

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