Building "civilisational competence": A new role for libraries?

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-212

  Caidi, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Hungary; Librarians; Libraries; Poland; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645243768     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410610653299     Document Type: Article

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