The public library as a meeting-place in a multicultural and digital context: The necessity of low-intensive meeting-places

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-441

  Audunson, Ragnar ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communities; Digital libraries; Information society; Multicultural societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244370496     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410510598562     Document Type: Article

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