Clientele recognition of library terms and concepts used by librarians: A case of an academic library in the Philippines

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 195-204

  Caña, Mercy B ^c   Cueto, Quiza Lynn Grace G ^c   De Guzman, Allan B ^a,b   Fuchigami, Kaori B ^c   Manalo, Leona Rica T ^c   Yu, Jake Cathleen U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^b Graduate School   (Philippines)

^c UST Center for Educational Research and Development   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Library jargon; Recognition ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144453816     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961000605057852     Document Type: Review

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