Comparing polarized perspectives: Librarians' professional skills and development

New Library World

Volumn 106, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 363-377

  Gosine Boodoo, Meerabai ^a   McNish, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b CUNA Caribbean Insurance Society Ltd   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Developing countries; Librarians; North America; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944442949     PISSN: 03074803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074800510608675     Document Type: Article

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