Expanding a collection to reflect diverse user populations

Collection Building

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 124-126

  Schomberg, Jessica ^a   Grace, Michelle ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Collections management; Ethnic groups; Somalia; United States of America; University libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844517882     PISSN: 01604953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01604950510629282     Document Type: Article

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