Delivering the news with blogs: The Georgia State University library experience

Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-27

  Vogel, Teri M ^a   Goans, Doug ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; College and university libraries; Georgia State University; Liaisons; Librarian faculty relationships; Marketing; News; Outreach; Science faculty; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644443107     PISSN: 10875301     EISSN: 15404749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J136v10n01_02     Document Type: Review

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